Alpujarras
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The Alpujarra is a natural and historical region in Andalusia, Spain, on the south slopes of the Sierra Nevada and the adjacent valley. The average elevation is 1,200 metres above sea level. It extend
The three villages of the Poqueira valley: Pampaneira, Bubión, Capileira with the Sierra Nevada in the background.
Roofs and chimneys in Bubión
Another typical Alpujarran village, Busquístar
A street corner in Trevélez showing traditional architecture and door curtain
The second rebellion of the Alpujarras, sometimes called the War of the Alpujarras or the Morisco Revolt, was triggered by Philip II of Spain's Pragmatic Sanction of 1567 and was the second Morisco re
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…Monarchs". Their attempts to force Christianity on the Muslim inhabitants led to successive revolts, the Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1499–1501) and the Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1568–1571). The revolt of 1568 was a civil war, with the Spaniards deploying large forces against this rural population and with much cruelty on both sides. The…
Forced conversion under Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros was one of the main causes of the rebellions.
A Morisco family walking in the country, by Christoph Weiditz, 1529.
The acclamation of Aben Humeya as king of the Moriscos
Tablate bridge