The Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park ( Spanish: Parque natural de la Sierra y los Cañones de Guara) is a Spanish Natural park in the

Sierra de Guara The Sierra de Guara is a mountain massif in the province of Huesca, the most northerly province in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. Its highest point is Tozal de Guara (2,077 m). It lies around 25 km northeast of the city of Huesca ...

mountain range, located in the Province of Huesca,

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...

, northern Spain. It was established in 1990.

Geography

The nature park covers an area of about 47,450 hectares, not including a peripheral zone of protection that also covers 33,775 hectares. The park covers the Spanish municipalities of:

Abiego Abiego is a municipality in the province of Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. In 2018, it had a population of 237 Approaching Abiego along the road from Bierge, there is an interesting collection of in-situ fossil footprints d ...

Adahuesca Adahuesca is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2018 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacion ...

, Aínsa-Sobrarbe,

Alquézar Alquézar ( Aragonese: ''Alquezra'') is a municipality in the province of Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. As of 2012, its population was 301. Overview Situated on a limestone outcrop of the Eocene age to the west of the can ...

Arguis Arguis is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional ...

Bárcabo Bárcabo (in Aragonese: ''Barcabo'') is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2018 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear resear ...

Bierge Bierge (; an, Biarche) is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 258 inhabitants. Geography Bierge is at 600 meters on the sea, and it has the ...

Boltaña Boltaña (in Aragonese: ''Boltanya'') is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 870 inhabitants. Boltaña is the economic development capital of t ...

, Caldearenas,

Casbas de Huesca Casbas de Huesca is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 296 inhabitants. It comprises six villages: Casbas de Huesca itself, as well as Junzano, ...

Colungo Colungo is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2018 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional ...

, Huesca, Loporzano,

Nueno Nueno is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2008 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional d ...

and Sabiñánigo. The altitude of the park ranges from at the Alcanadre River to at the summit of Tozal of Guara.

Salto de Roldán Salto de Roldán (English: 'Roland's Leap') is a rock formation about north of Huesca in High Aragon, northern Spain, in the foothills of the central Pyrenees. It lies in the westernmost part of Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park. It cons ...

('Roland's Leap'), a natural rock formation, lies in the westernmost part of the park. Several legends are associated with it; mainly relating to

Roland Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

( es, Roldán), the foremost of Charlemagne's

paladins The Paladins, also called the Twelve Peers, are twelve legendary knights, the foremost members of Charlemagne's royal court, court in the 8th century. They first appear in the medieval (12th century) ''chanson de geste'' cycle of the Matter of F ...

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