HISTORY

Granada and the Lecrín Valley are both steeped
in history.

The Moors in the 7th century moved from their base
in Granada and discovered the fertile earth and flowing
rivers of the valley and founded the 17 villages which
all still exist. They gave it its name El Valle de Lecrín
(the Valley of Happiness).

The valley is dotted by Arab castles, forts and look-out
towers. Lecrín Castle is the grave of Moorish kings and
queens of Granada. The last burial is believed to be of
Moriama, the wife of Boabdil the last Moorish King of
the Nazrids who surrendered to the Catholic Monarchs.

The Valley was subsequently fought over during the
Morisco uprising - because of its strategically important
position as the only southerly access route to Granada
and the only point of entry to the Western Alpujarras
across the famous Tablate Bridge in the south of the valley.

More recently Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain's greatest modern poet and playwright, was born June 5, 1898 at Fuentevaqueros in the Spanish province of Granada. Lorca was executed by firing squad at Viznar at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains during the Spanish Civil War for his
left wing beliefs.

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