PICOS DE EUROPA NATURAL PARK

The Picos de Europa National Park is a National Park in the Picos de Europa mountain range of 20 km, in northern Spain. It is shared by the autonomous communities of Asturias, Cantabria and Castile and León

It was the first of the National Parks of Spain along with Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Parki in the Pyrenees. It was created 22 July 1918.

The total area of the park is 646.60 km². The highest point of the park is in Torre de Cerredo peak, 2,648 m 

There are many protected animal species, like the Capercaillie, the Lammergeier, the Cantabrian brown bear and the Iberian Wolf .The most representative animal of the Picos de Europa is the Pyrenean chamois or sarrio, or its more specific relative, the Cantabrian chamois or rebeco which there are many sculptures around the park.