Libros

NOT TO BE MISSED

The Mines Quarter and the Fossilised Frogs.

Complement your visit with:

At your way:

From water to sulphur – go to page

Between watercourses and hiding places – go to page

Entrench:

Villel, Fortines del Plano – go to page

Andatela:

Water hiking trail – go to page

Sendero de Puntos Singulares hiking trail – go to page

Amanaderos route – go to page

Route of the narrows of the river Ebrón – go to page

Vía Ferrata:

Vía Ferrata de la Peña Grajera – go to page

Vía Ferrata de la Peña del Cid – go to page

Services:

Inhabitants: 102
Altitude: 766 m.
Demonym: Librense

Website: www.libros.es

How to get there?

It is 28 kilometres from Teruel on the N-330, on the border with Rincón de Ademuz (Valencia).  See map

NATURAL HERITAGE

The riverbank of the River Turia.

La Peña del Cid. Climbing is possible.

Peña Grajera. Climbing can be practised.

Urban centre with stone (el Mortero).

Sulphur Mines, currently closed. It was here that the “Ranas Pueyois”, fossilised frogs found by the palaeontologist Longonos Navas, were found.

Routes:

To Camarena (not signposted).

To Riodeva (not signposted).

To Tramacastiel (not signposted).

Hunting preserve.

HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

Ruins of the Castle. It is among the Templar enclaves of Teruel, and is mentioned in the document of annexation of the order of Monte Gaudio, that would be its owners until the dissolution of the same and annexation to the Order of the Temple.

Of the old Templar castle there are few ruins, located on the top of the cliff known as “the Mortar”: a retaining wall, two of closure supported on the cliffs, of which one is whole and the other only a part remains, a wall that seems to have been an interior division and a circular depression that, according to popular tradition, is a well that penetrated the entire mountain until reaching the nearby river Guadalaviar.

Ermita de la Virgen de la Huerta, located one kilometre from the village. It is worth pointing out that the current image of the Virgin is a copy of the old Romanesque carving.

Ermita de la Virgen del Pilar, a small modern chapel located on the other side of the river.

Parish Church of San Juan Bautista, 19th century, in neoclassical style. It has three covered naves, the central one with a half-barrel vault and the lateral ones with a groin vault. The four parts of the tower, the two lower ones square and the upper ones octagonal, stand next to a façade whose simplicity makes it interesting.

Ermita del Barrio de las Minas de Libros, situated next to the old sulphur mines, it is dug into the rock.

A group of 19th century houses at the entrance to the village, it is an urban complex facing the river, with very homogeneous features.

FESTIVALS AND TRADITIONS

17 January, San Antón.

3 May, the day of El Cerro or La Cruz. The municipal districts are blessed and wine and ‘regañaos’ are handed out. It is usually celebrated on the 1st of May, which is a public holiday.

15 May, San Isidro.

12 October, the Virgen del Pilar.

Major festivals , a procession is held.

30 November, San Andrés, is the day of the Blessed Bread