Castellfollit de la Roca

Castellfollit de la Roca city in Spain - a wonderful mountain village in the foothills of the Pyrenees.





Amazing place, which is located in the northeast of Catalonia, is a mountain village Castellfollit de la Roca. This small town, towering over the surrounding landscape and natural attraction being the bright edge, located on a basalt rock, the height of which is equal to fifty meters, it is the same length of one kilometer.







The interesting thing is that the town Castellfollit de la Roca is formed by the collision of lava flows, with volcanic rock for residents served by excellent material for construction. House, constructed with volcanic rock in the era of the Middle Ages, stood before our time.



Both sides are surrounded by steep rocky cliffs language and washed by the river Fluvia and Turunel, besides their banks residents Kastelfolit de la Roque pitched small vegetable gardens, which are very cute look. Near the basalt cliff, on top of which stands the bell tower of the church, rivers merge into one channel.





The very same settlement is located in the natural park Gorrocha, which is considered part of the volcanic area, there are about seventy volcanoes, many of which until now spewing ash and dirt.





Castellfollit de la Roca is just one long street that ends near the church, almost on the edge of the plateau. The houses are located just two rows, because the width of a small cliff.





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