A sixteenth-seventeenth century building located in the old part of the town, now part of the church. Originally used as a cloth factory, it was later converted to distilling spirits and producing wine. It is worth noting that Algarinejo, in the eighteenth century, enjoyed significant industrial activity.
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The tourist office of Algarinejo is located in the Town Hall.
Popular festivals in Algarinejo are La Candelaria, Romería de San Isidro, Fiestas de San Juan, Fiestas de Santa Ana, Fiestas en honor a San Jerónimo and Fiestas de Doña Juana.
There is a bus service from Algarinejo to Granada City using the bus company, BAM.
The area has likely been inhabited since the Lower Paleolithic, approximately 400,000 years ago, according to archaeological remains found in the Iznájar Reservoir.
La Atalayuela (Little Watchtower) is a visible, well-signposted archaeological site southeast of Zagra, containing an early-Medieval necropolis dating from approximately the 6th to 8th centuries AD.
Fuente Alta (High Fountain) is a small rock-cut necropolis located southeast of Zagra, near the Fuente Alta Spring. Dating from the 6th to the 7th century, it contains double rectangular graves carved directly into the limestone.
The Archaeological Complex of Los Algarbes lies southeast of Zagra, around the Cortijo del Algarbe, in an area of rocky limestone and sandstone formations containing numerous natural caves and rock shelters. The name Algarbe derives from the Spanish word “Algar” (meaning cave), reflecting the many caves and graves excavated in stone.
Don Antonio Cañizares, then Archbishop of Granada and later Cardinal Primate of Toledo, inaugurated the Ermita de Santa Bárbara in September 2000. The local council built the present chapel on the ruins of an earlier hermitage at the northern end of Zagra, at the top of a steep hill known as El Calvario.
The Arab Castle of Zagra was part of the first defensive line of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada. However, archaeological evidence suggests the site was occupied for several centuries earlier. The castle of Zagra stands on a rocky limestone outcrop (peńa) at an altitude of 805m above sea level.
The Parroquia de San Lorenzo is Zagra's principal church and is dedicated to Saint Lawrence (San Lorenzo), the town’s patron saint. The original church is believed to date to the mid-16th century, shortly after Castilian settlers arrived following the Christian conquest of the area.
There are bus services from Zagra to Granada City and Algarinejo using the bus company, ALSA.
The tourist office of Zagra is located in the Ayuntamiento de Zagra
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Popular festivals in Zagra are Fiestas Patronales de San Lorenzo, Feria Grande, Romería de San Antonio and Semana Santa.
Zagra has a history spanning more than 6,000 years, with evidence of human settlement from prehistoric times through the Neolithic, Iberian, Roman, Late Antique and Islamic periods.
In its beginning, Santa Fé was a military camp of approximately 48ha created by the Catholic Monarchs in preparation for the final assault on the Nasrids (Arab dynasty) of the Kingdom of Granada. Out of the army camp grew an imposing town of bricks and mortar within a record time of just 80 days. The town’s structure follows the form of a cross based on two roads that intersect in the centre