Caseta de la Traviesa
The place
Caseta de la Traviesa ("Crossing Cabin") in the province of León, Riaño/Boca de Huérgano sector (central Picos de Europa massif, Castile and León, Spain), at 1,421 m elevation, central Picos de Europa slope. Continuous Spain Cantabria/Picos cluster (batches 210-355). Pastoral crossing cabin ("Traviesa" = crossing, an alpine pasture path), area with beech-oak (hayedos-robledal) forest + Ursus arctos cantabricus (30-40 individuals on the south slope, an isolated Cantabrian subspecies, 200-250 on the Asturian slope, critically fragmented in Europe + contested reintroduction 1998-2020, ecological corridors) + Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaica chamois + Aquila chrysaetos golden eagle + vaqueiros de alzada heritage (transhumant Asturian-Palentine herders, a long-discriminated minority) + Battle of Covadonga, 722, Pelayo, legendary start of the Christian Reconquista of the peninsula, completed 1492.
The setting
León Riaño/Boca de Huérgano central Picos Castile and León Spain 1,421 m central Picos, continuous cluster batches 210-355, crossing cabin traviesa alpine pasture path, beech-oak forest + Ursus arctos cantabricus 30-40 south slope isolated Asturian 200-250 fragmented in Europe reintroduction 1998-2020 contested corridors + Rupicapra pyrenaica + Aquila chrysaetos, vaqueiros de alzada transhumant minority + Battle of Covadonga 722 Pelayo legendary Reconquista 1492.
