Pampaneira, the town of La Alpujarra where the water flows

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If you go from the general to the specific, as if you were using the 'zoom in' button on an Internet map, you could minimize the look at the southeastern area of ​​the province of Granada and even more until you see the region in more detail. from La Alpujarra . And there, by clicking, clicking, clicking on the tool that allows access to the details, you could see a town that is tiny in size but huge in importance. This is Pampaneira , a town of just over 300 inhabitants that was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1982. In addition, it is part of a Historical Artistic Complex declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO along with other nearby municipalities such as Bubión and Capileira .

Pampaneira Pampaneira. By Gema What is it about this place that has accumulated such notable titles? Well, practically all his hallmarks, which come from his past. When the Catholic Monarchs “reconquered” the Kingdom Cell Phone Number List of Granada in 1492, many of the Muslim inhabitants went to the Alpujarra in search of shelter and one of the towns where they were able to stay the longest (about 80 years) was Pampaneira. Pampaneira Pampaneira streets. by cribea This explains why their houses boast the typical Berber architecture , with their flat roofs with hat chimneys, white facades and the ' tinajos' typical of the area.



This last term refers to the structures made up of beams that connect one building to another by height and at the top of which there is usually a home. They are similar to the structures of the 'verata houses' typical of the La Vera region in Extremadura and that can be seen in towns such as Villanueva de la Vera . But one of the most marked characteristics of the Alpujarra of Granada, which in Pampaneira can be observed in several places, is the use of water. Thanks to the ditches that carry the water from the melting of the Sierra Nevada – the area in which the town is located, located at 1,058m above sea level – to the washing machine, the fountains and 'the river' of the town that passes through Verónica Street ( attention: when there is no drought), one of the most striking in the place.