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Most experts agree that it refers to the Babia region of Leon. Close to the border with
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chose this place for their rest and to get away from the daily tasks of court, there is no proof or evidence to support anything like Babia was a royal playground, let alone that the king neglected his duties in Babia. Today the expression
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closes the high valleys of Babia where some relict forests remain. The action of man for centuries has endowed Babia with great biodiversity, with endemism such as the
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that characterizes its mountains, of an almost white gray and it is estimated that in its subsoil there is a great complex of chasms,
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