The route is located on the banks of the swamp of Buendia in the Cuenca province of Castilla la Mancha and lies a fascinating hiking route, unlike any other in Spain. Sculpted into the natural façade of the rocks and dotted among the beautiful landscape in the area are 18 carved faces and bas-reliefs. This is the La Ruta de las Caras, or in English, the Route of the Faces. The area, close to the city of Madrid, is thick with dense pine forests and outcrops of sandstone rock, overlooking the waters of the Buendía dam. Strolling the hiking paths through this landscape, an onlooker is taken on a cultural and artistic journey of spiritual discovery.
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| Maitreya and Arjuna. |
The route is perfect for both nature and art lovers alike, taking one out of the traditional museum setting and into a more natural, serene forest, allowing the onlooker to see the relationship between the art and nature itself. Several artists collaborated over the years on this wonderful artistic route, creating an impressive and striking collection of sculptures, ranging in size from 1 to 8 feet in height. Each face has a mystical or religious meaning behind it and, carved into the natural sandstone, reminds one of Pharaonic Egypt, and the artists themselves say they were inspired by Pre-Columbian cultures but continued their solid and rounded sculptures, sharing features of the eastern front position models, particularly India.
These scudis display what some call the archaic smile on their faces, a device used by artists to give mysterious faces a characteristic trait. One of the most famous sculptures, which has already been seen in several pictures without knowing where it was, is a large skull located on top of a mound. All figures are of exceptional beauty. Seem to have slept on the rock for centuries.
Image credit: Jacinta Lluch Valero
Image credit: Eduardo Gs
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| It is a "different" route found on your way with cultural elements; almost nobody knows these sculptures. They are up to 3.50 m in height; their names are very evocative. Image credit: Jacinta Lluch Valero |
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| El bosque de las caras. Image credit: Juan Carlos Bustos Morán |
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| Krishna, who is 3.50 metres tall. Image credit: Jacinta Lluch Valero |
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| La Monja, which has a height of 1.50 metres. Since 1992, Jorge Maldonado and Eulogio J. Reguillo have been sculpting his magic works in this beautiful place ... A stone Buendia world that creates a mystical atmosphere. A museum in nature. Image credit: Jacinta Lluch Valero |
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| Currency of Life with the height of 2 metres. In the Route Faces sculptures, 'land-art' breaks the border of museums and urban areas to extol and magnify the Sculpture and Nature relationship from spiritual reflection. Image credit: Jacinta Lluch Valero |
Image credit: Rodrigo Peniza
Image credit: Victor Ferrando
Image credit: Gonzalo Malpartida
Image credit: Victor Ferrando
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