We go down along the SO615, accompanied by the inevitable wind turbines that lace the landscape, and descend into Castilla y Leon to the city of Soria, which we jump from the itinerary, indeed, we do not even get there, because the intent is to reach the old and important Roman site of Numantia, before it closes. (We will be able to give ourselves just 15 minutes, and for this we reduce the cost of entry, although already derisory).

Here the landscape changes; we see a greater activity of man, agricultural in particular, with immense cultivations of sunflower. We take this opportunity for yet another photographic stop and go. As we approach, the landscape changes again, returning to be incredibly harsh and desolate (but attractive), until we arrive at Numancia

Celtiberian city close to the current Soria, is located on a plateau at the confluence of the river Tera with the Duero, about 1.087 mslm, on the hill of the Muela de Garray. In the middle of nowhere, it was created and inhabited already by the Preiberi, then by the Celtic Peleudoni and Almeriani. In the year 153 B.C. the numantian army, under the guidance of a certain Segeda Caro, managed to beat the Roman army of 30,000 soldiers led by consul Quintus Fulvio Nobiliore. It was conquered by the troops of Scipione Emiliano in 133 B.C. after nine months of siege, at the end of a heroic struggle, literally putting it on fire and iron. The bellum numantinum acquires particular importance, because it marks the emergence of Roman hegemony in central-northern Hispania and the definitive pacification of the greatest part of the Iberian peninsula. Among the paintings, there is a beautiful one by Alejo Vera Estaca: "The End of Numancia", visible at the Museo del Prado. What is presented here is what is left of the Roman city built above the Celtiberian, whose excavations continue to this day.

The Casa Numantina was rectangular and of poor construction (masonry and mud for the walls, topsoil and branches for the roofs), and marked the transition between the shepherd's hut and the townhouse. A fortified wall, varying in width between 1.5 and 6 meters (depending on the vulnerability of the place), defended the city.

The overseers call us for the exit. It is about 7:45 pm, and we have to reach the next stage, where we stayed overnight, about 60 km from here. I wait for you at the next paragraph!