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Trujillos, people(village) of Montillana, preserves the whole captivation of those small populations of the Andalusian XIXth century, the amiability of his(her,your) peoples, his(her,your) natural springs of fresh airs you water down and his(her,your) white houses will make us re-live through the sensations through that Whasintong Irving lived in his(her,your) trips for Granada. Situation: To only 10 minutes of the railcar that Madrid joins with Granada, to Montillana he(she) accedes from the highway 323. History: We find the beginnings of Montillana possibly in the Prehistory, under the cover of his(her,your) high saws. In his(her,your) term(end) there are known several deposits of Roman epoch, the first one and more importantly: Elvira, still(yet) preserves his(her,your) ancient bridge. In the farmhouse of The Burufete, there exists another small villa dated in times of Constantino Big. His(Her,Your) official foundation corresponds(fits) to some moment of the Arabic domination in Spain and it(he,she) suffered always the consequences of his(her,your) geographical situation as land of border, especially the harassment to which for years there submitted the whole territory the riders quartered in Baeza, conquered by the Kings Católicos in his(her,your) triumphal way towards Granada. |
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Campotéjar |
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With 1441 inhabitants, Campotejar is a characteristic municipality andalúz, placed in the region of the Mounts of grenade, if land is watered by the river of the Meetings, which fertile plaines appear us like vergeles cultivated by the horticulturists' wise hands. Situation: He(She) is to an altitude of 916 meters on the level of the sea and to 45 kilometres of the from Granada capital. To only 1 kilometre of the railcar madrid select in a few minutes we will accede both to the city of Jaen and to the own(proper) grenade History: Campotejar possesses(relies on) a such remote past and since(as,like) there reveals the existence of an archaeological yacimeinto in his(her,your) municipal term(end), belonging to the Neolithic one. This important deposit is located inside a cave located in the hill Castellón. Of this epoch and up to the Arabic stage the history of campotejar is not documented. During the medievo it was a border of the Moslem and Christian kingdoms. We know the conquest of the locality in 1486, for Don Fadrique of Toledo, and strengthened pore the Count of Tendilla, who re-did the castle in 1490. |
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With an economy based in to the agricultura, colomera a population of 1600 shelters. Alone this municipality produces 5 million liters of olive oil, information that they speak to us about the dedication of most of his(her,your) settlers. In his(her,your) municipal term(end) one finds the reservoir(damming) of colomera, who will have shortly a wide zone of playtime that will possess(rely on) a pier, paths and lunchrooms between(among) other services. Situation: With altitude of 862 meters on the level of the sea, Colomera is to only 25 kilometres of the city of the Alhambra, one can accede to the village well from the railcar Madrid Granada or from the highway N – 432(Córdoba – Granada) History: The origin of the people(village) is Roman, his(her,your) name comes from the Latin Culumbaira (land of doves). Of fact in the locality esiste a bridge and causeway of this epoch. After the fall of the Roman empire, the visigodos made this land his(yours), these bequeathed to Colomera an important necropolis. The visigodos gave step, after centuries, to the Moslem conquerors whose contructores left the base of the Christian castle that exists in the zone mas high of the people(village).
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Benalua de las Villas |
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Benalua of the Villas, colomera and Campotejar more his(her,your) villages, registers in the zone. The region presents a spectacular relief of combs, valleys, hills, semideserts and caves, result of the combination of the climate, the limy nature of the soil and the action of the water. Services: In spite of the small size of our pueblos, though this is more a virtue than a disadvantage, they all possess(rely on) minimal services to cover the daily needs: drugstore and I medicate, town hall, policeman(police), college, supermarket, cafeteria, coverage of mobile telephone and Internet, daily buses ... definitively all the services that nowadays are needed for a normal development of the daily life . |
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Montillana with its 1500 inhabitants and placed to more than 1020 meters on the level of the sea he(she) is between(among) saws of groves of evergreen oaks, green gardens and silver olive groves. Montillana enjoys, as his neighbors, a privileged situation: in the most interior of Andalusia but placed to only 50 kilometres of the city of Granada.
