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Driving from the town of Ramales de la Victoria
to Arredondo (or vice-versa) on the S-530 road, we cross the Valle de
Ruesga, a valley that serves as a natural channel of communication
between two other valleys: the Valle de Soba and the Valle del Asón.
Ramales
de la Victoria, the scene of two battles between Liberals and Carlists,
is a historic town of a modest architectural legacy. Its most important
building is the Palacio de Revillagigedo,
which belonged to the Virrey de México; the town centre also has
interesting houses built by rich returning emigrants from the Americas.
Its
environs are rich in caves with important rock paintings. The Valle de
Ruesga has typical hamlets like Valle, Lastras, Ogarrio or Riba. At the
end of the valley, before climbing up the higher stretch of the River
Asón, we come to the lovely village of Arredondo, with a fine church of a neoclassical style. Only three kilometres away stands the rock hermitage of San Juan.
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