Bubión is a village in

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region of

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. It is located at

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36° 57' N,

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3° 21' W, at 1,350 metres above

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. Its

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is 18412. Together with Capileira (to the north) and

Pampaneira Pampaneira is a village located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE), the village has a population of 355 inhabitants. It is one of three mountain villages of the Barranco de Poqueira in the Alpujarras region. Th ...

(to the south) it has become a focus for the

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trade in La Alpujarra, because of the spectacular location of the three villages on the gorge of the

Río Poqueira 250px, Bridge over the Río Poqueira The Poqueira is a river in La Alpujarra region in the province of Granada, in Spain. It is formed by the confluence of streams that rise near the summit of Mulhacén, the highest peak of the Sierra Nevada mou ...

and below the peaks of the

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. 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

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times, and in any case it certainly antedates the

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invasion of the 7th century. Under the Moors, it was under the authority of

Ugíjar Ugíjar is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE), the city has a population of 2524 inhabitants. Historically, it was a Moorish village. Populated places * Cherín * Jorairatar * Las Ca ...

. 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

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to fall to the Catholic forces, after a major battle in the

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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. The most prominent building is the village church, built in the 16th century and remodelled in the following century. It is a simple structure in the

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style. In the census of 2001 Bubión's population was given as 610, consisting of 357 "residents" and 253 "non-residents" (i.e. with a home elsewhere). A substantial number of both categories did not hold Spanish nationality, the majority of them coming from other states of the

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. The village had 170 tourist beds. The

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/ E4 European long-distance footpath runs through Bubión. In addition a network of

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trails link the three white villages and the Poqueira Gorge, ascending into the

and providing an approach to Mulhacén, the highest peak in continental Spain. Bubión is served by a bus route from the city of

through

Órgiva Órgiva is a Spanish town municipality in comarca of Alpujarra Granadina (which is located within the larger Alpujarras region) in the province of Granada, Andalusia. It has a population of around 6,000 and lies in the Alpujarra valley between the ...

, continuing up the Poqueira valley to Capileira; then on through Trevelez and some further villages. There are three buses a day in each direction by Alsina Graells plus an extra bus to Orgiva on market Thursday at 9am. A limited service is available from Motril to Orgiva.

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Visit Alpujarras: your holiday quide, travel information and rural accommodation - BubiónDiscussion of village history and current issuesBubion information and guide

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