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Chozo La Barga

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The place

Chozo La Barga in the Sierra de la Demanda, province of Burgos (Castile and León, Spain), at 1117 m elevation, on the northern foothills of the Sistema Ibérico. A chozo (a traditional dry-stone pastoral hut with a conical broom-thatched roof) used during summer transhumance by Castilian shepherds, a major ethnographic heritage feature of the Burgos serranías. Area of beeches, Pyrenean oaks, and Scots pines.

The setting

Sierra de la Demanda, Burgos, Castile and León, 1117 m, dry-stone chozo with conical broom-thatched roof, Castilian shepherd heritage, beech/oak/pine forest.