Archaeological sites
Touch history with your hand
Two important sites from Soria.
Dinosaur footprints Fuentesalvo and la Dehesa
Fuentesalvo site:
It is in Villar del Rio. You can access on foot and by car. It is signposted with a poster near to the ditch of the local route 115 over the kilometer 33 towards North, at the end of a sharp curve called in town Balcon de Pilatos.
In the site there are dinosaur footprints which can be seen in the streambed of Fuentesalvo. It is formed by white sandstone plaques, numerous ichnites of dinosaur footprints of three fingers in different stages of conservation, standing out in the main plaque a trace of six well preserved footprints, towards the Southeast. To the left there are two pairs of ichnites which formed a step.
Dehesa site:
It is in Villar del Rio. You can access on foot and by car. The access to the site is going down from the bridge over Cidacos River (‘Puente de la Dehesa’), located about 100 meters of the crossroad of the local road 115 (aprox the km 37.5) with the road of San Pedro Manrique, towards this town.
Historical Data
- Architecture:
- Archaeology site
- Construction:
- Paleontology rests
Address
Villar del Río. 42176 Soria.
Website: http://www.rutadelasicnitas.com/
Website: https://www.jcyl.es/jcyl/patrimoniocultural/GuiaLugaresArqueologicos/soria/11soria/index.html
More information
Tourist Office Regional of Soria
Town Hall of Villar del Río
Municipality of Villar del Río. Soria.
Telephone: 975 185 216
Email: villardelrio@dipsoria.es
Website: http://www.villardelrio.es
Archaeological Hall
Palaeontological Hall of Villar del Rio
Paleontological Hall with didactic museum focused on dinosaurs, with replicas of dinosaurs.
Address: Villar del Río. Soria.