Agüero, a small village in the Pyrenean foothills in Huesca, Aragon, Spain, clusters around a fine 13th century Romanesque church and nestles beneath Los Mallos de Agüero (The Mallets or Ninepins of Agüero). This spectacular formation, also known as the Syncline Hills, consists of eroded red-tinted Tertiary period conglomerate rock that rises up to 900 feet / 275 metres above the settlement.


Agüero, Huesca, Aragon, Spain: this small village in the foothills of the Pyrenees, its houses grouped around a fine 13th century Romanesque church, nestles beneath the Syncline Hills or Los Mallos de Agüero (The Mallets or Ninepins of Agüero). This spectacular formation of eroded red-tinted Tertiary period conglomerate rock, here seen partly in shadow, rises up to 275 m (900 ft) above the settlement.


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Location: Agüero, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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