History of Alamedilla
There were settlements of tribes in the area during the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras. The Iberians, Romans and Visigoths then arrived, and some of their remains are still visible today. The oldest settlement was located at the Piedra de la Solana site and was occupied by the Bastetans from the 1st century onwards. The town was founded during the Muslim era, when various inhabited places emerged around what would later become its main nucleus.
The Ensenada Cadastre lists Alamedilla within the Guadix district of the Kingdom of Granada. This census reflects 63 inhabitants in 1752 and 204 in 1787, as well as a road connecting the south of Jaén with Guadix. During this period, Alamedilla was a royal town dedicated to agriculture and livestock.
Alamedilla was established as a municipality in the nineteenth century, and in the last third of that century it benefited from the construction of the railway line connecting Moreda with Linares-Baeza. This line was commissioned by the Compañía de los Hierros del Sur de España from the French company Fives-Lille. The Hacho Bridge, located between the municipalities of Alamedilla and Guadahortuna, was erected between 1886 and 1895.
During the twentieth century, the population of rural areas migrated to industrial cities in Spain and Central Europe due to falling land profitability. Currently, the Los Montes Granada region continues to experience gradual depopulation.