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Village · Guadalajara · 999 m

Saelices de la Sal

Saelices de la Sal bears salt in its name: its San Juan saltpans, documented from 1203 with 18th-century facilities, preserve wells, norias, ponds, a storehouse, and a chapel, open for guided visits on weekends.

Evaporation beds and historical installations at Saelices de la Sal saltworks.
Historical saltworks at Saelices de la Sal. Photo: «Salinas de Saelices de la Sal», PePeEfe (2008) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Rivers and basins

The thread of water from Saelices de la Sal

Follow these watercourses towards their confluences, villages, and basin history.

Lands and landscapes

From here, follow the memory of the territory

These readings connect Saelices de la Sal with the history, work, and villages around it.

Traces in the village and its surroundings

Which eras you can read here

A single place can preserve traces from different eras. These layers connect what you see with the stories in the atlas.

1936–1939 · memory of the territory

The war in the village memory

A concrete triangle overlooks the junction towards Alcolea and Cifuentes. The fort was prepared for a Republican advance that never reached here: its gunports preserve the shape of that wait.

Source: Guía del Geoparque, p. 262.

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What to see

Nearby

Riba de Saelices, with Cueva de los Casares and Valle de los Milagros.

Places in and around Saelices de la Sal

Place

Guided visit to Saelices de la Sal saltworks

Saelices de la Sal
Heritage

San Juan Salt Pans (Saelices de la Sal)

Saelices de la Sal
Heritage

Saelices de la Sal Pillbox: memory of the Spanish Civil War

Saelices de la Sal

Routes linked to Saelices de la Sal

Route

Geotrail 2: Valle de los Milagros – Saelices de la Sal

12 km · 4 h · Linear

Near Saelices de la Sal

Canyon · ≈ 2.3 km straight-line distance away

Valle de los Milagros: red sandstone towers in Riba de Saelices

Riba de Saelices
Route · ≈ 2.3 km straight-line distance away

Trail 4: Valle de los Milagros (Riba de Saelices)

3 km · 1.5 h · Linear
Archaeological site · 3.6 km straight-line distance away

Valdeherreros-La Azafuera (Riba de Saelices): from Celtiberian village to Roman vicus

Riba de Saelices
Recreation area · 4.3 km straight-line distance away

Linares River recreation area (Cueva de los Casares)

Riba de Saelices
Cave · 4.5 km straight-line distance away

Cueva de los Casares: Paleolithic art, Neanderthals, and Islamic tower

Riba de Saelices
Castle · 4.6 km straight-line distance away

Riba de Saelices watchtower: the Berber tower above Los Casares cave

Riba de Saelices
Route · 4.9 km straight-line distance away

Trail 5: the chozones of La Loma (Riba de Saelices)

10.5 km · 4 h · Circular
Geosite · 6.9 km straight-line distance away

Fossil ray traces of Esplegares, from the Lower Jurassic

Esplegares

Population of Saelices de la Sal, 1842–2021

Saelices de la Sal reached a peak of 297 inhabitants in 1910 . In the 2021 census there were 39 , a decrease of 87%. This is the history told in the emptying of the Alto Tajo.

Population trend of Saelices de la Sal 1842: 126 inh.1857: 278 inh.1860: 270 inh.1877: 264 inh.1887: 285 inh.1897: 274 inh.1900: 282 inh.1910: 297 inh.1920: 276 inh.1930: 293 inh.1940: 288 inh.1950: 249 inh.1960: 195 inh.1970: 122 inh.1981: 88 inh.1991: 77 inh.2001: 64 inh.2011: 57 inh.2021: 39 inh. 1842187719001930196019912021 297 39
INE population censuses (1842–2021), compiled on Wikipedia.

Climate in Saelices de la Sal month by month

2015–2024 averages from Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis for an altitude of approx. 999 m. Useful for planning, not a substitute for live forecasts.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg. max (°C)81013162126313024191210
Avg. min (°C)-1024813161611831
Rainfall (mm)474074744741171539695446
Rainy days87121289336997
Frost days201483000000613

Location

Location: Saelices de la Sal Riba de SaelicesEsplegaresAblanqueGuided visit to Saelices de la Sal saltworksSan Juan Salt Pans (Saelices de la Sal)Saelices de la Sal Pillbox: memory of the Spanish Civil WarValle de los Milagros: red sandstone towers in Riba de SaelicesValdeherreros-La Azafuera (Riba de Saelices): from Celtiberian village to Roman vicusLinares River recreation area (Cueva de los Casares)Cueva de los Casares: Paleolithic art, Neanderthals, and Islamic towerRiba de Saelices watchtower: the Berber tower above Los Casares cave Riba de SaelicesEsplegaresAblanque Reference
Atlas diagram. Saelices de la Sal: large reference point. Rivers: © OpenStreetMap.

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Reference villages: Riba de Saelices · Esplegares · Ablanque · Santa María del Espino.

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