The Merino sheep is very resistant to extreme conditions and withstands long journeys well..

What is Transhumance and Transterminance??

Transhumance or action of transhumance, It is a form of extensive exploitation- siva that involves the movement of livestock driven by man from winter pastures to summer pastures and vice versa. It is a migration movement of livestock in search of fresh pastures in the mountains.- tañas during the summer months, and milder temperatures in the mountains- houses in the south and at the bottom of the valleys in winter. Climatic differences fru- of the physical configuration of the peninsula explain this seasonal displacement. For your part, Transterminance is an activity characterized by short-range seasonal movements.

History of transhumance in Spain

This ancient practice was legally consolidated in 1273 with the creation by Alfonso, assembly of ranchers to defend their privileges and interests. Several reasons have been put forward to justify the rapid rise of transhumance, one that the constant state of war between Christians and Moors developed this form of semoviente capital, that could be stolen from the ene- my friend during the hostilities. Another was the depopulation that existed especially after the Black Death. (1.348 – 1.350) that devastated Spain. But the real cause that forces livestock migration, both in Spain and in other Mediterranean countries, was the availability of seasonal pastures, due to climate and topographic conditions, that made it necessary to travel twice a year. In this situation, In the 15th century, five million sheep moved through Castile, goats, cows and horses, on routes up to 600 kilometers. Ultimately, Sheep transhumance was very important in our country because the search for pastures was necessary to maintain the high number of these animals., necessary for the export of wool throughout Europe. The passage of cattle was carried out, and it is still done, by roads. These roads, depending on its minimum width, are classified into: glens, ropes and paths. The set of all these roads is called livestock routes.. The old migratory paths still constitute an important heritage today., with more than 125.000 kilometers long and 400.000 hectares of surface. They link the Guadalquivir and Guadiana valleys with the Cantabrian mountains, Somosierrra, Urbión or Albarracín, and the Levantine coast with the Serranía de Cuenca or the banks of the Ebro with the peaks of the Pyrenees or the Iberian Massif. Currently these roads are public heritage, and they form a network that unites almost all the Spanish provinces..

Our livestock has been migrating along these cordes and paths for more than forty years from Medellín to the areas of La Haba., Name it, along the livestock trails, Today, thirty-five years later, we maintain this legacy that our ancestors have left us and we intend to display it with the largest and most important flock of pure Merino sheep in Spain..

Spain and France are already leading the second candidacy to declare transhumance as a World Heritage Site, to the success of the declaration of the first candidacy, presented by Italy, Greece and Austria, This second initiative is joined by other European countries such as Albania, Croatia and Romania.

This declaration is very important for the recognition and support of transhumance in Spain., continuing the efforts that have been made for a long time by both public and private entities and that have had, among other notable successes, the publication of the transhumance notebooks or the white paper on transhumance.