Alpujarra de la Sierra
Granada · Andalucía
Alpujarra de la Sierra is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2007 census (INE), the city has a population of 1,168 inhabitants.
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Origins
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History
It was formed by the union in 1971 of Mecina Bombarón and Yegen, and is situated in the central-northern area of La Alpujarra (Granada), 108 km from the provincial capital, in the south-east of Spain. It is bounded by the municipalities of Lanteira, Válor, Ugíjar, Cádiar and Bérchules.
Its council was formed from the centres of Mecina Bombarón, Yegen and Golco, together with the cortijada (hamlet/farmstead) of Montenegro, Spain.
The municipality lies on the southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and the houses look out towards the Mediterranean Sea in the distance. Its terraced farmlands are watered by the melting snow from above, giving rise to a high-altitude oasis of greenery above the arid foothills below.
Alpujarra de La Sierra is one of over 50 villages in the area, which were the last stronghold of the Spanish Muslims, or Moors. Soon after the Castilians took Granada in 1492, all the region's Moors were forced to convert to Christianity. Those who refused took to the hills, settling in this remote, inaccessible area. Alpujarra de la Sierra retains its traditional Berber architecture and has many quaint white houses with flat clay roofs lining narrow streets.
Author Gerald Brenan, who wrote South from Granada, was a resident of Alpujarra de la Sierra. He rebuilt a ruined house (now marked with a plaque in his memory) and was visited by many of his friends of the famous Bloomsbury group. In his book, Brenan describes the everyday life of Yegen in the 1920s.
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What to visit
Alpujarra de la Sierra posee una original arquitectura popular, con elementos tan característicos como los "tinaos", las chimeneas con una teja de pizarra y los "terraos" planos, cubiertos de launa. Las casas están perfectamente adaptadas a la ladera de la montaña en la que se encuentran situadas.
Originario de Mecina Bombarón fue Abén Aboo, último Rey de Las Alpujarras y que sucedió a Aben Humeya en la rebelión que este protagonizó el 24 de diciembre de 1568 en dicho territorio y que alcanzó cierta notoriedad en el mismo.
El escritor inglés Gerald Brenan residió largos periodos en la localidad de Yegen en la primera mitad del siglo XX. En ello se inspiró para escribir Al Sur de Granada, su obra más conocida.
En el año 2006, se organizó en el municipio la edición número XXV del Festival de Música Tradicional de la Alpujarra, festival cuya primera edición se celebró en Yegen.
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Festivals
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- 29 · September San Miguel, Mecina Bombarón 📆 Add to my calendar
Rest of the year
- December: Fiesta de la Matanza (8)
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Gastronomy
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Trails and hiking
•Andalucía - South Route (Provincia de Granada) (GR 7)
•Sendero del mar al cielo
•Cádiar - Mecina Bombarón (PR-A 25, 6.2 km)
•Ugíjar-Cuesta Viñas (SL-A 205, 7.8 km)
•Camino de Yégen (SL-A 206, 8.8 km)
•Sendero a la Junta de los Ríos (9.5 km)
•Acequia Alta
•Acequia Baja
•La Salud (3.6 km)
•Sendero Local Gerald Brenan (1.9 km)
•Río Grande de los Bérchules (PR-A 28, 12 km)
•Válor - Cuesta Viñas - Yegen - Sendero de la Salud (PR-A 480, 12.7 km)
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Famous people
•Abén Aboo
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How to get there
- 🚗 56 km from Granada (about 40 min by car)
- 🚗 80 km from Almería (about 56 min by car)
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- ✈️ 75 km from Granada-Jaén airport (about 53 min by car)
- ✈️ 90 km from Almería airport (about 64 min by car)
Practical info
🅿️ Where to park
- Where to park · 0.2 km away
- Where to park · 1.4 km away
- Where to park · 1.6 km away
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- Caixabank · 0.2 km away
- Nearest cash machine · 0.2 km away
- Caja Rural · 3.1 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- BP · 4.4 km away
- BP · 9.8 km away
ℹ️ Tourist office
- Tourist office · 0.4 km away
- Información Turística · 0.4 km away
- Tourist office · 0.4 km away
🔭 Viewpoints
- Era del Chorro · 0.5 km away
- Viewpoints · 1.3 km away
- Viewpoints · 3 km away
🏖️ Where to swim
- Piscina Municipal de Alpujarra de la Sierra · 1.5 km away
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