Gardens Andalucia
Finana in Spain – Building the Multicultural Society
Fia ± ana is a small town of Almeria, which in turn is a province of Andalucia in southern Spain. It is located 74 km from the capital city of the region and sits 946m above the sea. The main sources of income for villagers 2672 are the production of cereals, olive and beetroot food industries and iron mining.
Many cultures have occupied the lands around Fia ± ana over the centuries and most have left their mark in some way.
Since it is located between Guadix, Baza and Almeria, the area was under discussion in the years past as this was a perfect place to control land Abla, Abrucena and Las Tres Villas, all of which originally belonged to the municipality. An Arab fortress, whose remains were found on the outskirts of town, was the stronghold but is now a silent witness to these troubled times.
The location of the villa a vantage point with views that vary greatly depending on where you choose to look. On one side is the natural park of Sierra Nevada mountain peaks, the valley Abla and the FIA ± ana while the transition to the other side of town and some of the mountains of Baza. The snows of the Sierra Nevada and the consequent natural waters make this area a fertile land, despite a fall gradually to a dry and barren plain.
The River (Rio) Birth provides people with the FIA ± ana main water supply. Waters have been used since time immemorial, to take advantage of the ideal situation that allows them to benefit from their agricultural activities. Them learned to control the flow of the river and used it to promote plants that create food sources in the past, and to provide energy in more modern times. From the time of Arab domination, the people of the FIA ± ana region have managed to use the water. They created an irrigation system consisting aqueducts and canals to transport water that gives life to the points of greatest need and giving them running water, power and sewage systems.
thick forests of pine, chestnut, oak and poplar grow can be found on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada which is near the village. These forests help to protect the natural environment and also provide shade to homes and gardens have been built between them.
During the invasions by Christian troops, the village was a Moorish stronghold, resisting the attacks of the 10th century as a fortress the invaders tried to reclaim the lands of Al-Andalus.
The city also resisted the attempted invasion of Abdurrahman III in 913, and when Reyes Catholics regained power, was a stopover point on their travels throughout the kingdom.
Fia ± ana retains signs of its multicultural past and one example of which is the village church. It was once a mosque, although it has been of equal importance in history, both in costume and stands as a symbol of times when two different creeds of people lived in harmony together.
The eighteenth century maps of the village imagined as a single long street of the typical Andalusian white extends from east to west with the fortress on the outskirts of the city and other religious buildings that dot.
Homes here are quite large and stone which is a popular material in the area and one which was also used to make decorative items.
Due to the terrain, the streets are mostly mountainous and they all converge on the square, the focal point of the village where the locals gather to chat. The square is also where the church dedicated to Santiago can be found. Built in the Mudejar style during the 12th century to 13, has three naves and the pillars which support huge arches leading to the impressive altar. The church and the large tower that presides have been declared monuments of great historical value due mainly to the fact that very few of the same era that remain almost intact.
Also intact left are the towers and walls that surround once protected the village from invaders. In fact, many of the houses here are part of the structure of this ancient Moorish architecture.
The people of the FIA ± ana enjoy one of their dishes Zaramandona you do with pumpkins, dried peppers, tomatoes, olives, onions, cod and oil oil. Other popular dishes are oat cakes with rabbit rabbit, fried tomato and pepper or garlic, which are also popular accompaniments goat dishes.
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