Ecomuseum of the Molino del los Ojos (Ecomuseum of the Mill of the Eyes)
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Ecomuseum of the Molino del los Ojos (Ecomuseum of the Mill of the Eyes) 

Description:

Molino of the eyes belongs to the municipality of Saint Stephen of Gormaz in the province of Soria. Its good geographical location means that it is extremely well connected by road, just 3 kilometers from the N-122, a future motorway which will connect Salamanca and Valladolid with Soria and Zaragoza, and from the N-110 which connects with the NI in Madrid.

Located in a unique natural context due to its environmental quality, we find the Molino de los Ojos Ecomuseum , original building dating back to 1784. Surrounded by ancient poplars and poplars, willows, maples and horse chestnuts; springs of the eyes that emerge from the earth producing a continuous bubbling; Goldfinches, nightingales and other birds of the Duero river with their signal crabs, trout and sea bream they bring life to the surrounding environment. All this makes this space a must for lovers of nature and lost crafts such as milling.

It consists of four floors which contain an exhibition made up of different resources, many of which are interactive:

Basement is maintained ancient turbine which supplied electricity to the mill and also the generator which supplied it to the entire population at the beginning of the 900s.

Ground floor Note the reproductions of various mills: hydraulic, with stone discs and the original mills from the Bronze Age and the XNUMXnd century BC.

First floor In this floor, where was the miller's house , you can learn about the history of cereals and the characteristics of the cereal ecosystem. Through different interactive panels we will be able to see and hear steppe birds such as the lark, the totovía, the quail or the harrier; know the origin of cereals and the place where they are currently grown; guess the cereal we are touching and other curiosities about them as well as the tasks that the farmer performs and the machinery he uses to perform them.

Second floor An audiovisual installed in the attic of the building shows 'Yesterday and Today of San Esteban de Gormaz' . You can also see a three-dimensional reproduction of the Medieval Gate of San Gregorio .

The ecomuseum is enriched by objects, tools and objects used by the guilds of millers, farmers, shepherds and carpenters ranging from the eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. All these utensils were donated by the inhabitants of San Esteban de Gormaz.

Il Paseo del Manantial de los Ojos it consists of a pleasant walk, themed with posters, along the entire bank of the canal.

The ecomuseum is part of a tourism promotion program that aims to recover and showcase the traditional work of San Esteban de Gormaz: slaughtering, shearing, harvesting and sowing.

The program of activities varies slightly according to the season of the year to take advantage of the peculiarities that each one offers. So there are activities in spring, summer, fall and winter. From autumn to summer, it is open every weekend, bank holiday and long weekend. In summer, the complex is open every day, starting at twelve in the morning.

The programming presented for each season of the year is not static (this means that not all activity days of the programming will be the same), although they maintain the structure on a global level, each activity can incorporate variations, which will give the program a unique character, permanent innovator, which will result in a possible increased participation in these activities. Activity "

Text source: https://www.terranostrum.es/turismo/ecomuseo-el-molino-de-los-ojos

 

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Website: https://www.terranostrum.es/turismo/ecomuseo-el-molino-de-los-ojos

Text source: ecomuseum website

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