Bubión

Municipality

Coat of arms

Location of Bubión

Bubión

Location in Spain

Coordinates: 36°57′N 3°21′W / 36.950°N 3.350°WCoordinates: 36°57′N 3°21′W / 36.950°N 3.350°W

Country

Spain

Órgiva

Government

• Alcalde

Antonio E. Méndez Perea (PP)

Area

• Total

15 km² (6 sq mi)

Elevation

1,350 m (4,430 ft)

Population (2008)

• Total

361

• Density

24/km² (62/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Bubionero, ra

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

18412

Website

Official website

Bubión is a village in La Alpujarra region of Granada in Spain. It is located at latitude 36° 57' N, longitude 3° 21' W, at 1,350 metres above sea level. Its postal code is 18412. Together with Capileira (to the north) and Pampaneira (to the south) it has become a focus for the tourist trade in La Alpujarra, because of the spectacular location of the three villages on the gorge of the Río Poqueira and below the peaks of the Sierra Nevada. The three villages, with their characteristic Moorish features - narrow, winding streets, flat roofs - have been designated as a Conjunto Histórico Artístico, a region of special artistic and historical importance.

Bubión is thought to have been founded in Roman times, and in any case it certainly antedates the Moorish invasion of the 7th century. Under the Moors, it was under the authority of Ugíjar. In the 16th century, after the fall of Granada to the "Catholic Monarchs", the village participated in the rebellions by the Moors (or "Moriscos" - Moors supposed to have been converted to Christianity). In the second rebellion, which started in December 1568, Bubión was one of the first villages of the Alpujarra to fall to the Catholic forces, after a major battle in the Poqueira valley. Following their defeat in 1571, almost all Moriscos were expelled from the province of Granada. They were partially replaced by Christian settlers from other parts of Spain.

In the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39, Bubión and the other two villages of the Poqueira valley remained under Nationalist control, although Republican forces held the surrounding heights.

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