3 Eso Santillana | Xeografia E Historia

On page 12, there is a photo of a hill just like me. It shows the páramo (high plateau), the campiña (low plain), and the ribera (riverbank). On page 48, there is a painting of El Cid.

For three centuries, I was a witness to the Mesta . Thousands of ovejas merinas (Merino sheep) flooded past me, following the cañadas reales (royal sheep trails). The Concejo de la Mesta became richer than kings. I learned that geography is not just rivers and mountains—it is power . The wool went to Flanders. The gold came back to Burgos. xeografia e historia 3 eso santillana

One day, I felt a different kind of pressure. Not the roots of a pine tree, but the iron spike of a groma (Roman surveyor’s tool). The Romans had arrived. They looked at my hill—a strategic cerro testigo (remnant hill)—and saw a fort. They built a wall around me. I was no longer nature; I was the foundation of a castro . On page 12, there is a photo of a hill just like me