Routes through the green way
Routes through the green way
Section1-Morata
This section of the Way offers us a view of Morata’s industrial history, visiting the old Cornicabra railway station, linked to its adjacent quarries and the old lime kilns.
The battle of Jarama left visible trenches – the first to be excavated by members of the legendary Abraham Lincoln battalion -, various forts built after the battle and a curious “covered road”: a trench nearly a kilometer long that was used by the Republican troops as a rearguard connection to the front line through which they were supplied undetected. Up to this point we will have covered 8 km.
Section2-Morata-Perales
On this stretch of the road to Perales, we can see two vestiges of what was known as the “2nd Jarama Defense Line” built by the Republican army: a machine gun nest in excellent condition and an immense cave where the troops were kept.
We can also visit the Taray Island Complex, which is currently a nursing home, but has a long history, of being a flour mill, cloth mill, paper and electricity factory, among other uses. Inside, you can see a surprising and gigantic shade banana included in the Catalogue of Singular Trees of the Region of Madrid.
This section of the Way offers us a view of Morata’s industrial history, visiting the old Cornicabra railway station, linked to its adjacent quarries and the old lime kilns.
The battle of Jarama left visible trenches – the first to be excavated by members of the legendary Abraham Lincoln battalion -, various forts built after the battle and a curious “covered road”: a trench nearly a kilometer long that was used by the Republican troops as a rearguard connection to the front line through which they were supplied undetected. Up to this point we will have covered 8 km.
On this stretch of the road to Perales, we can see two vestiges of what was known as the “2nd Jarama Defense Line” built by the Republican army: a machine gun nest in excellent condition and an immense cave where the troops were kept.
We can also visit the Taray Island Complex, which is currently a nursing home, but has a long history, of being a flour mill, cloth mill, paper and electricity factory, among other uses. Inside, you can see a surprising and gigantic shade banana included in the Catalogue of Singular Trees of the Region of Madrid.
