Albuñuelas

Granada · Andalucía

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Albuñuelas is a village at the head of the Lecrin Valley, Granada, Spain. It is made up of three neighbourhoods (barrios): Alto, Bajo and Fernán Núñez (locally called La Loma). It is situated on the European route Nº 4 (Spain to Crete).

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Origins

El topónimo Albuñuelas es de origen árabe y parece proceder de "al-Bunyūlas" o "al-Bunyūelas". Según esta interpretación, el término podría significar «tierra de vinos», en alusión a la tradición agrícola de la zona.

El único gentilicio que se emplea es el de albuñolero/a.

History

There is evidence of habitation in the area from the late Palaeolithic era. It is impossible to say exactly when the village originated. However, as the Greeks introduced better cultivation of both vine and olive to Spain, together with methods of irrigation and Abuñuelas derived from the Latin ' vinolea ' meaning an area of vines, it suggests their cultivation before the time of the Romans 220 BCE until 409 CE. Here they found small, scattered pueblos built of adobe and whitewashed. They gave the province the name Betis where they had vines and grains cultivated, which together with minerals, were exported back to Rome. There are still openings of mineworkings around the village.

Evidence of Moorish occupation can be seen in the Torre del Tio Bayo, an eight-metre-high (26 ft) tower constructed in the latter Nazarí period, about the middle of the fourteenth century. In the 12th and 13th centuries advances in hydraulic technology were applied to agriculture and the Roman latifundia were superseded by the Arab minifundia system.

It is an area of frequent seismic activity.

During the Andalusian earthquake of 25 December 1884 the village suffered considerable damage, in part due to landslides caused by the topography and soil composition.

More than 70% of the houses collapsed, and the rest suffered serious or minor damage.

There was most damage in the upper neighborhood.

There were 102 dead and up to 500 injured.

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What to visit

•Mirador José Jiménez Linares

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Trails and hiking

•Andalucía - South Route (Provincia de Granada) (GR 7)

•Ruta del Azahar (SL-A 214, 6.1 km)

•Ruta Camino de Los Pinos y Atalaya del Marchal (10.2 km)

•Camino de los Arrieros (PR-A 308, 11.8 km)

•El Pozuelo (PR-A 309, 18.4 km)

•Barranco Luna - Salida (SL-A 286, 0.625 km)

•Barranco Luna - Entrada (SL-A 287, 1.3 km)

•Ruta de las Albuñuelas (16 km)

Routes passing through Albuñuelas

Las Albuñuelas Recorrido señalizado de 22 km, de Valle, El a Albuñuelas, por 2 pueblos. En OpenStreetMap figura como «[CIMA G... 2 villages · 22 km · CIMA

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Famous people

•José Mariano Vallejo, matemático, ingeniero y pedagogo español

•Josefa González Aguado, química y farmacéutica española

•José Heredia Maya

Town hall

Alcaldía: José Díaz Alcántara

Web oficial: http://www.albuñuelas.es

Town hall of Albuñuelas

Alcaldía: José Díaz Alcántara Web oficial: http://www.albuñuelas.es

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