Genalguacil
A small town with a population of some 600 inhabitants
is a great balcony overlooking a spectacular mountainous
landscape, which comes about as a great mosaic. Situated
in the heart of "El Valle del Genal",
near the sea but in the middle of the "Serranía",
it is an appreciated destination for enthusiast of
rural tourism to whom it offers numerous lodgings
which have been carefully refurbished, apart from
the numerous country inns and lodging houses.
The Phoenicians, the first settlers and of whom there
is information, used up all the gold and silver reserves
in these "Sierras". The Arabs named it,
Genna- Ahuacir, which means "The Gardens of
Visir". Form time immemorial, these lands have
been the setting for frontier wars, for Moorish uprisings
and, much later, for the transit of smugglers, bandits,
guerrillas and intrepid travellers. Its principal
monument is the Church of San Pedro de Verona, built
towards the end of the Eighteenth Century and its
local holidays and festivities, in honour of the above-
mentioned martyr, take place on the 29ht of April.
As far as its gastronomy is concerned, one has to
mention "el gazpacho caliente", "las
migas", "el salmorejo de carne",
"las sopas de tomate" and the delicious
sweets and cakes: "tortas", "bizcochos",
"piñonate".
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