The Livestock Tracks They are public domain assets that constitute an important cultural, economic, and social historical heritage that must be preserved and passed on to future generations. In the municipality of Cáceres they represent a total of 227 km.
Trahumance that was organized around the Mesta is understood to be the alternative and periodic displacement of cattle between two regions with different climates. In Spain it had its maximum apogee from the 13th century to the 19th century, although some researchers defend the hypothesis that its origins date back to the Neolithic era.
The Cattle Tracks are the old ravines or paths that the transhumant cattle used in autumn to go to the greenhouses in the south and they returned to cross in late spring and early summer, when they returned to the pastures of the northern mountains. Through them, in addition to the cattle transit, customs and traditions from all over the country were exchanged.
THE SIERRA DE AGUAS VIVAS:
A small mountain range, of a quartzitic nature, with altitudes above 500 meters that is part of the Sierra de la Mosca and surrounds the city of Cáceres in the north, representing the NW flank of the Sinclinal de Cáceres.
Its slopes of loose materials are very porous and accumulate a large amount of water, in addition to that stored in the cracks, joints and faults of the quartzites. The groundwater, when surfacing in the low areas, originate the sources that exist in the valleys such as living waters, Hinche, Barba, etc.
End of the route in the Paseo Alto: this park is located on a small hill next to the Plaza de Toros and has a hermitage dedicated to the Holy Martyrs whose festivity is celebrated every January 20 with a pilgrimage.
