Refugio Casita de las Brujas
The place
Refugio Casita de las Brujas ("Little House of the Witches Refuge") in the comarca of Sobrarbe, Aínsa/Fanlo sector (Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Huesca, Aragon, Spain), at 1125 m elevation, on the southern Pyrenean slope. Continuous Aragonese Pyrenees cluster (batches 200-366). Basic refuge in the Ordesa/Monte Perdido area (Ordesa NP, 15,608 ha, established 1918, 4th oldest NP in Spain, spectacular fluvio-glacial canyon 4 km of limestone + Monte Perdido, 3355 m, 3rd highest Pyrenean summit, geological record from the Eocene, 40 million years + Faja de las Flores + brujas, witches, Aragonese folklore, akelarre (witches' sabbath), Saint John's night in July + heritage of the Aragonese/Chistavins, Chistau valley, Aragonese language, 12,000 speakers, Bielsa/Gistaín, heritage of Ordesa NP + historic France-Vieilha border zone, free-trade charter for pastoral cheesemaking, 15th c., Pau-Aragon free trade + heritage of the Basques/Aragonese, Aragón, medieval Latin, Jaca dialect, 9th c., Romance dialect, Occitan-Catalan).
The setting
Sobrarbe Aínsa/Fanlo Ordesa y Monte Perdido Huesca Aragon Spain 1125 m southern Pyrenean slope, continuous cluster batches 200-366, basic refuge Ordesa/Monte Perdido 15,608 ha 1918 4th NP in Spain fluvio-glacial canyon 4 km + Monte Perdido 3355 m 3rd in Pyrenees Eocene 40 million years + Faja de las Flores + brujas akelarre Aragonese folklore St John's night July, Aragonese/Chistavins Chistau Aragonese 12,000 Bielsa/Gistaín + historic border zone free trade cheesemaking 15th c. Pau-Aragon, Basques/Aragonese Aragón Jaca dialect 9th c. Romance Occitan-Catalan.
