Los Pedroches

Los Pedroches is a natural region and comarca in Córdoba Province, Andalusia, southern Spain.

It is located in the Sierra Morena area at the northern end of the province.

The "Los Pedroches" is one of the four Spanish designations of origin (Denominación de origen) for ham; it is produced and processed in an area that covers 32 towns and villages in the Los Pedroches valley.

[5] The Pedroches is an international dark-sky preserve, with numerous spots suitable for observing the stars: they are the peri-urban parks, shrines or old mines that are scattered throughout the region.

The Starlight Reserve includes 17 towns: Cardeña, Conquista, Villanueva de Córdoba, El Guijo, Santa Eufemia, El Viso, Villaralto, Alcaracejos, Torrecampo, Añora, Pozoblanco, Pedroche, Dos Torres, Hinojosa del Duque, Fuente la Lancha, Villanueva del Duque and Belalcázar.

Virgen de La Luna de Los Pedroches shrine