Piedrahíta is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. The town is located in the Corneja valley , on the north slope of the Villafranca mountains, flanked to the west by the Jura mountain. It is part of the judicial area of Piedrahíta, and of the El Barco de Ávila-Piedrahíta region.
Population
Toponymy Piedrahíta comes from Latin petra ficta, literally "fixed stone". The term designates a stone that serves the role of a boundary marker for a particular property. The toponym is found elsewhere, in Pierrefitte (Argelès-Gazost), Pietrafitta (Avegno, Genoa)
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Piedrahita y sus encantos