Description
Declared Natural Monument of Andalusia. This Natural Monument is one of the most prominent places in the Despeñacolos Parade, where a set of huge rock columns are raised that resemble the tubes of an organ of a large cathedral. The beauty of this site increases the chromatic contrast of the rock grey with the intense yellow and orange of the different species of lichens that survive here.
From the nearby viewpoint you can see this monument, whose origin is surprising. 500 million years ago the whole area was covered by the sea, though with little depth, so it was filled with sands and clays brought by the rivers that were flowing there from the Iberian plateau. It was 300 million years ago that the forces of the land made these lands emerge and since then, the erosion of the river, the rains and the wind have been sculpting the relief, creating beautiful forms like these organs. On these rocks, oaks, alcornoques and shrubs have found their substrate, forming a Mediterranean forest in which they inhabit ginets, chickpeas and numerous rapaces.
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