Despite the different cultures that have passed over it down the ages Monfragüe remains the best preserved example of the Mediterranean woodlands.

Still today there are the remains of the cultures of the Bronze age, and of the Iberian and Celtic shepherds, as well as those of the Romans era.

The Arabs and Christians fought for the control of this land, bloody battles by a trial of strength.

The church played its role in the 15th century, as did the monarchy in the 18th century with the mediation of King Carlos III.

The 19th century war of independence also came this way and the monuments have been reconstructed to show how they were in the past.

In the 1960's dams were built to tame the waters of the rivers that cross the area, the Tajo and the Tiétar.

But perhaps but the important moment for Monfragüe was in the 1970's when the ICONA (Institute for the Conservation of Nature) decided to replant all the mountain ranges of Monfragüe with eucalyptuses, in place of the oak trees, an act which devastated without compassion a large area of our Mediterranean forest. At the end of the decade, in the spring of 1979, Monfragüe was declared a natural park. Since then the eucalyptus have been removed and the native trees planted to replace them in what is clearly a long-term conservation operation.

So up until now there have been many problems and also many rewards for us in this wonderful place of ours called Monfragüe. Come here, and learn about it with us.