Macharaviaya
A town in La Axarquía of little more than 400
inhabitants is like embarking in time travel and returning
to the Eighteenth century, as its appearance has hardly
changed since. Its streets, of labyrinthine layout
true of an Arabic settlement, and its cobbled paving
have so powerfully attracted the attention of visitors
many of whom, especially artists and lovers of romanticism,
have moved there residence here.
In its natural environment, washed by the streams
of Macharaviaya and of Fuente Horno, there is an abundance
of very steep cliffs and, in places of easier access,
vine plantations, the basis of the agricultural and
economic activity of the town.
The Church of San Jacinto, built in 1505, is one of
its most representative monuments. One also needs
to point out the card factory, which held the sales
monopoly of this product in América and had
an annual production of 30.000 packs, and, at two
kilometres from the town centre, the house in which
the poet Salvador Rueda was born.
The main festivities are celebrated in August, coinciding
with the feast day of its Patron Saint, San Bernardo.
At these, one can taste the typical dishes of Macharaviaya.:
"los maimones", "el gazpachuelo"
and grapes in brandy, apart from game, which is very
abundant in these parts.
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