San Emiliano canyon is thickly covered by beeches, oaks and
specimens of the "Querais pyrenaica". The vast colony
of " Juniperus thurifera" of Mirantes de Luna is
one of the most important wooded areas in the park. The fertile
soil also grows birches and many autochthonous species.
The abundant woods are the habitat of a variety of birds
of prey, chamois, roe deers, deers, wild boars...and otters.
This is an ideal place for an excursion by bycicle, on
horseback or on foot, both for its beauty and history. In
the Babia valley can be found the Somiedo lakes, the Bear´s
Track, the Roman Road, the Barrios de Luna Dam, and a river
teeming with trouts. At Riolago municipality stand the Renaissance
Quiñones palace, the Clerk´s House and a sober
walled enclosure, which are part of the local architectural
heritage. Many surrounding villages contain emblasoned houses,
that are a testimony of its past as a land of rural noblemen.
There are also many vestiges of Iberian-Roman towns.
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