Pictures taken on September 2010 by Xavier Busquet. This is the St. Llorenç del Munt National Park, 15 miles east Barcelona.
Music composed by Idee du Femelle.
The Natural Park´s rough, rocky landscape is the product of persistent erosion of the rock from which it is made. It originated from the deposition in an ancient delta of stones and other materials transported by river currents during the Tertiary Period, some 50 million years ago. Later, these stones were cemented together by a calcareous or clayey matrix and gave rise to puddingstone or conglomerate. The erosive action of water on this type of rock prompted the formation of the park´s exceptional relief, the highly characteristic features of which are channels, rocky outcrops and monoliths. Underground, water has carved out an impressive series of cavities, which give rise to chasms, caves, lairs and springs when they rise to the surface.
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