Pozo Alcón is a region in Jaén province known for outdoor activities like hiking and caving. The town celebrates various religious festivals throughout the year, including the pilgrimage of Saint Gregorio on May 9th where residents carry statues of the saint through town and have picnics. Cave houses were historically built in the area due to their protective advantages, though they have disadvantages like lacking windows. The mountains and marshlands around Pozo Alcón are home to various animals like foxes, boars, deer and eagles.

1. Pozo Alcón
Outdoor activities
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Mountains animals
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Cave house
Saint Gregorio
Saint Isidro
Castril
Cuevas

2. Pozo
Alcón
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3. Pozo Alcón is
situated in Cazorla
´s region, in Jaén
´s province.

4. Legend´s name
The legend says that a
bull called Alcón put its
leg on the place where
later, it appeared a well,
and currently there is a
source « Cup Source»

5. Customs
There is a typical food,
«flour crumbs»
To make homemade wine
The tapas of the bars are
very famous

6. Ai tamos!Editar
Parties
Saint Gregorio pilgrimage:
It´s on ninth May of each year
There is a procession with the saint, he
is known as « the Child of the Ball»
Then, everybody goes to a picnik spot
«Hoyo of pines», and there they make
typical food and they make a party
with their friends

7. Festivities:
They are from September 3 to September
8
There is a procession with the village´s
patron saint
There´s a party every night
There are a lot of children activities

8. Tourism
Guazalamanco
stream

9. «The Hornico» is a refuge and a nature classroom

10. Vocabulary Region→ Comarca
Province → Provincia
Appear → Aparecer
Currently → Actualmente
Source → Fuente
Flour crumbs → Migas de harina
Homemade → Casero
Wine → Vino
Picnik spot → Merendero
Stream → Arroyo
Refuge → Albergue

11. ACTIVITIES IN SIERRA OF ALCÓN
POZO POZO ALCÓN
THE MARSH OF THE
BOLERA

12. ACTIVITIES IN THE MARSH
•Canoeing
•Swimming
•Fishing
•River rafting

13. •Canoeing -> More showy activity of the marsh in summer
•Swimming-> Frequent activity in summer
•Fishing->Many people are going to the marsh to realize this activity
•River rafting->It is realize d inCerrada de la Alcantarilla

14. ACTIVITIES IN THE SIERRA
• Hiking
• Shot with arch
• Routes in bicycle
• Hunt

15. • Hiking->The principal activity realized in the mountains
• Shot with arch->Activity that is realized in the summer camps
• Routes by bike->Exciting activity that is realized all the year round
• Hunt->Interest that Pozo Alcón people like much

16. VOCABULARY
Life jacket
Oar
cane of going fishing
Fishline
Reel
Fishhook
Fodder
Buoy
Fins
Rope
• harness

17. Mountain Animals of Pozo
Alcón
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18. The Fox
The fox is a mammal, with a lot of hair,
thin and long snout, a very long and hairy
tail.
Its colour is reddish.
It lives on small
animals.

19. The Boar
The boar is a small and fat.
It has brown hair.
It grows long tusks.

20. The Deer
The deer is brown hair.
It is big and it has big horns.
It has a small tail, big ears and long snout.
It lives on grass.

21. The Eagle
The eagle has feathers, wings, beak and claws.
It has brown, white and black feathers.

22. The Owl
The owl has feathers, wings, claws and beaks.
It has brown, black, blue and whitefeathers.
It has orange eyes.
Her head can turn 180º.

23. Mountain Goat
The Mountain goat has horn and short hair.
It has small, brown and white hair.
Her tail is small.

24. The Dove
The dove has feathers, beak and wings.
It has white, grey and black feathers.
It is a small animal.

25. The Squirrel
The squirrel is a small animal.
It lives in the pine.
It has hairy and big tail.
It has brown and grey hair.

26. The Mouflon
The mouflon has big horn s, white legs.
It has white, brown and black hair.
Her tail is small.

27. The Vulture
The vulture has feathers, claw, beak and wings.
It hasn’t feathers on his head.
It has brown and black feathers.
It lives on dead animals.

28. Vocabulary
Mammal: mamífero
Snout: Morro
Thin: Fino
Tail: Cola
Hairy: Peluda
To lives on: Alimentarse de algo
Reddish: Rojizo
Boar: Jabalí
Tusk: Colmillo
Antler: Cuerno
Deer: Ciervo

29. House-cave
the house –cave is a house
built underground.

30. advantage
It is in nature.
The temperature is constant.
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It is strong even in bad time. patrón
It is rough.
It can not set on fire.

31. disadvantage
It has no windows.
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It can collapse.
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32. Images

33. Vocabulary
Cave: cueva
Underground: subterráneo
advantage: ventajas
Disadvantage: inconvenientes
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Constant: constante patrón
Heavy: fuerte
Round: redondo
Detruction: destruir
Set fire: incendiar
Collapse: derrumbar

34. San Gregorio!

35. History: a stormy night,some shepherds
The Legend is that on
who took refuge in the current Cruz Of San
Gregorio,witnessed the fall of a stone from sky , with
the inscription JHS.Since then,the the poceños come
to that place, on Saturday before May 9th to venerate
this sacred stone.It goes on a piligrimage to the ‘’Child
of the Ball’’ and the ‘’Veracruz’’ accompanied by
floats,to celebrate mass.

36. Celebration:
After the mass, the
people next to the
holy,go up to hole of
the pines.
People often dress
costumes of flamenco.
People spend a great day
eating and drinking
with theirs family and
friends.

37. Most teens do their own group and are often made shirts with
the names of the group.They spend all day together
,eating ,drinking ,singing, playing,dancing…
When night falls, it begins the festival where everyone dances
and sings with the singers, until late at night.
Some people stay there to sleep at that rent cabins or simply
put their own tents.
The next day people go up again to finish the food that was
left over and continue the party.

38. Vocabulary:
Legend: Leyenda Mass: Misa
Stormy: Tormenta Holy : Santo
Shepherds: Pastores Hole the pines: Hoyo de los pinos
Refuge: Refugio Spend: Pasar
Current: Actual Great: Gran
Witnessed: Testigo Most: La mayoría de
Stone: Piedra Teens: Adolescentes
Venerate: Venerar/Adorar Own: Propio
Sacred: Sagrado Until: Hasta que
Pilgrimage: Peregrinación Rent cabins: Cabañas de alquiler
Carrige: Carroza Simply: Simplemente
Tents: Tienda de campaña

39. san isidro labrador
this is san isidro labrador
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40. Who is san Isidro Labrador?
San Isidro´s patron of Cuevas del Campo
So every year we celebrate his onomastics with a
procession in his honor .

41. Fifteenth of May
In this day we celebrate a
procession. We walk
his image all over the
town.
On this day people go to
bars all day.
This day is a holiday for
us.
That day begins the
celebration.

42. Sixteenth of May
This day is a pilgriage to
the shrine.On this day
people go to the field.
there are many games for
example “ el jamón or la
cuerda”.
people drink much, they
drink wine from the
wineskin.
People also get wet in the
gutter

43. Sixteenth of May
Then they go to bar
happy to drink sangria
and dancing paquito
chocolatero.
Then there is a
procession.
Some groups of people
make shirts for that
day.

44. Seventeenth of May
This day is the last day of
the holiday.
We celebrated a mass for
blessing the fields and a
procesion.
In the evening there are
fireworks.
Unfortunately the party is
over.

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46. Castril enjoys a valuable past, marked in From this little hamlet, which took the
the beginning by the presence of the name of “Qastalla”, we maintain its close-
Romans, who built here a small military knit narrow streets in the current
settlement. During the Almond period, historic quarter.
in the IX century, a castle was built In 1490, the Catholic Monarchs Isabel and
around the rock as a defense for the Ferdinand bestowed Castril to Mr
eastern Nastrid kingdom of Granada. At Hernando de Zafra as a feudal state. Mr
that time, only a few houses existed, Hernando called for the Castillians
which had been built at the foot of the
rock under the shelter of the castle. to repopulate the area, through the
Carta Puebla letter, appealing to them by
offering lands and privileges. In 1504, the
creation of Castril’s traditional glass
blowing began.

47. The people of Castril resisted the troops of Napoleon on his way to the area of Levante, in
1810. As a form of punishment, Castril was looted and destroyed. The village archives were
burnt down, along with the royal granary, the local church and the chapter houses.
Plunged in misery, the rest of the century almost meant the end of the village, due to the
privatization and the tree cutting became a great deal in the forests of the valley , a fact
which significantly degraded its environment. It was also during this period that the
blast furnaces were closed down.

48. LA PASARELA
Scaffolding made of old train rails fit into
the rocky wall glides over the river,
along a spectacular gorge called “La
Cerrada".
This promenade stars at the old power
station, 500m away from the town
centre. As you get to the end of the
suspended footbridge, you can cross to
the other side over a metallic strappy
bridge and continue your walk through a
man-made cavern inside the rock. The
cavern is 70m long with a balcony from
where you can enjoy the view o the last
stretch of the narrow gorge

49. SENDERO DEL NACIMIENTO
DEL RIO CASTRIL
This trail begins at Cortijos del
Nacimiento, which is situated in the
Natural Park, and carries on below
the river pipe. For 500 metres it
continues along a trail that runs
along the old power station canal.
The trail goes up to a dam, from
where you can admire the source of
the River Castril opposite, at he root
of a wide cirque. This ample source
guarantees a considerable volume of
water, even in dry years.

50. Since 1997, there has been a close bond of
friendship and collaboration between Castril
and the Literature Nobel Prize José
Saramago. Castril has been the first place to
dedicate its public library to the Portuguese
writer, who was appointed “Adoptive son “ of
the villages in 1997. The cultural Centre Jose
Saramago hopes to become one the main
organization promoting culture in the
northern area of the province of Granada .
Based on the spread and conservation about
Jose Saramago`s ethical legacy, three main
fields of work are being developed within the
centre : Cutural reflection ,Fine Arts and
Literature, cooperation and Human Rights

51. The old hydroelectric plant, situated at the
beginning of the "Sendero de la Cerrada", was
known in the village as "the electric factory". It
worked from the beginning
of the 20th century until the sixties. Now
following a total reform, it has become a room.

52. Some colonies of the griffon vulture can be
found in the cliffs of the village.
It's spectacular to see its huge size and
the way they move circling above. Now
you can even spot young bearded
vultures. This amazing bird, which was
once extinct in Spain, has been
reintroduced into the mountain range of
Castril, where the last species of this
Andalusian breed had completely
disappeared.

53. THE OLIVE OIL LAMB SEGUREÑO
Castril is known by producing one of The unbeatable quality and flavour of
the best olive oils in the whole area. Its the meat is so appreciated here that it
defining characteristic is a delicious has become the star product in all the
flavour and fruit scent, with a slightly area. The village of Castril contains
spicy and sour taste. Part of the several pieces of land for pasture, both in
harvesting is organic, that is to say, the the lowlands and also high in the
olives are processed following a natural mountain range, and some breeds of an
treatment, and no synthetically chemical excellent quality are also raised here.
products or pesticides are used, only The high demand from visitors makes it
organic fertilizers. easy to find in all the butcher’s of the
Its special flavour makes it delicious for town.
both, cooking or seasoning salads and
other dishes. The olive oil can be
purchased either from most of the
groceries, or directly from the two oil
factories in the municipality.

54. OUTDOOR “ENCIERROS”
The most outstanding festivities in Castril,
"the bulls" is related to its patron saints.
The festivity consists of the encierros
(the lock up of the bulls ) and the release
of some young calves as some
spontaneus spectatores rushing into the
ring to face them. The festivity of he
bulls is held on the second week of
October, In Hernando Zafra square,
situated in the centre of the village .Just
for the ocasion, the main square is
turned into an arena made of scaffolding
wood , which serves for two purposes:
On the one hand, as rows of seats and
the other hand, as protection for the
spectators and the bullfighting team.

55. The glass blowing tradition goes as far back as the
beggining of the 16th century.
Don Hernendo de Zafra built a glass factory in the
village. The area offered all the necesary raw materials,
wich were basically wood and silica. This factory was
closed in 1878.
The glass blown at the factory was mainly for
industrial and domestic purposes: Recipient, bottles,
carafes, etc. Decorative product were also made, some
even for luxury purposes, such as the jars of Castril.
the cows' tongues are also typical from this area , an
object used to mode water bottles. The Fundación José
Saramago has launched the Centro Andaluz del
Vidrio, CAV, with the aim of recovering this
handicraft tradition, This project encourages culture
and the art of glass making.
The CAV makes use of different techniques of glass
blowing, is the one that triggered the project, as it
was the one that had been used in the old times.
Other techniques are also used, such as the technique
of the Glass Welding Torch, used to make glass
sequences to be used in jewels, and the Technique of
Fusing, which consist of melting flat glass in electric
furnaces to obtain bright and colourful bowls, plates,
astrays and other decoratice items.
The CAV also has a workshop in Carmen St from
where you can purchase pieces of glass.

56. Valuable – valioso Seasoning – condimento
Settlement – asentamiento Purchased – purchase - comprar
Shelter – refugio Groceries – provisiones
Hamlet – aldea Raised – criado (criar)
Bestowed – bestow – otorgar Rush – apuro, prisa
Due to – debido a Rows - fila
Deal – acuerdo, negociar Bulls – toros
Blast furnaces – alto horno Wood – madera
Narrow – estrecho Bullfighting - toreo
Scaffold – andamio Lamb – cordero
Fit – en forma, sano
Glides - deslizarse
Promenade – paseo
Trail – huellas
Cliffs – precipicio, acantilado
Slightly – ligeramente
Harvesting – harvest - cosechar

57. mainly - principalmente
purposes - propósito
carafes - garrafas
aim - con el fin
handicraft - artesanía/artesanal
triggered - trigger- provocar,
such - tal/como
welding torch - soplete
melting- melt - fundir
as far back as - remontarse (en el tiempo)
raw - crudo
launched - fundar
encourages - formentar/estimular
sequences - secuencia/serie
workshop - tienda-taller
jars - tarro/bote

58. Tourism
Cuevas del campo

59. Easter
In easter we have
the crucifixion of
Jesus representing
a living theatre.

60. Feast of Saint Isidro
In May we
celebrate the
feast of Saint
Isidro, where they
make games for
children and a
pilgrimage.

61. In summer
You can visit the
swamp Negratin,
where you will find two
beaches, nudist and
textile, you can also do
canoeing and eat in
our two restaurants.

62. Hiking
You can finally find
yourself with several
hiking:
First, the rivel.
Second, the puntal blanco.
Trid, the rambla.

63. lodging
You can lodge in
our famous cave
houses.