Salares
Small town in La Axarquía, has a population
of 250 inhabitants. At an altitude of around six hundred
metres above sea- level, its urban structure is very
much conditioned by its positioning on a low ridge
which makes it into a town without squares in its
centre and in which its streets, the majority of which
are short and stepped, are layed out from north to
south, in order to compensate for the difference in
elevation. Agriculture, especially almond and olive
crop growing, and the stocks of grape raisin, make
up the main part of its economy activity.
The origin of its name is latin: Salaria Bastitanorum
and it is owed to the assumed existence of a salt
deposit in its surrounding area. However, the distribution
of its population centre is from the time of the Arab
occupation. Just like the other towns of the area,
it suffered the Moorish uprising, the subsequent reprisals
and, in more recent times, the earthquake of the end
of the Nineteenth Century in which the town´s
built- up area was seriously damaged.
The most interesting places to visit are the bridge
over the Salares River, built by the Romans and which
joins both river- banks; the Parish Church of Santa
Ana, which hails from the Sixteenth Century; and the
minaret, which was declared National Monument in 1979
and which is one of the most beautiful pieces of Almohad
artwork in the whole country.
The festivities in honour of its Patron Saints take
place on the day of San Antón and the day of
Santa Ana. Another of the traditional religious feasts
in Salares is Holy Week.
The gastronomy of Salares is known, above all, for
"el rosco de naranja". Other main dishes
are the fennel stew, "las migas" and "las
gachas de harina" con "cuscurrones"
and flavoured with honey, milk and sugar.
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