Breakdown of Desde la sierra, se ve el mar al fondo.
Questions & Answers about Desde la sierra, se ve el mar al fondo.
Here, sierra usually means a mountain range or high mountainous area, not just one single mountain.
In Spain, la sierra is very commonly used to refer to the mountains in a general regional sense, especially inland or elevated terrain. So Desde la sierra suggests from the mountains / from the mountain area.
It does not mean the everyday noun sierra = saw here; the context makes that impossible.
Desde means from in the sense of starting point, place of origin, or viewpoint.
So Desde la sierra means from the mountains or when viewed from the mountains.
By contrast, de la sierra often means from the mountain area in the sense of coming from there or belonging to there, but not so naturally as a viewpoint marker in this sentence.
So for location of observation, desde is the natural choice:
- Desde aquí, se ve la plaza.
- Desde mi ventana, se ve el parque.