Fuente Vaqueros is a farming village in the province of
Granada
Granada (,, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the c ...
, Spain. It lies 17 km west of the city of
Granada
Granada (,, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the c ...
. Its population was recorded in 2005 as 4,590. The principal crops are asparagus, olives and apples.
It is the birthplace of the twentieth-century poet
Federico García Lorca
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...
. His birthplace is now a museum, the
Museo Casa Natal Federico García Lorca. For the feast of La Candelaria (
Candlemas
Candlemas (also spelled Candlemass), also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter, is a Christian holiday commemorating the presenta ...
), the Ayuntamiento distributes wine and hundreds of kilos of potatoes.
References
External links
Página web del Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Fuente VaquerosPágina web del Patronato Cultural Federico García LorcaHistoria, fiestas, lugares de interés y gastronomía de Fuente VaquerosMuseo Casa Natal Federico García Lorca
Municipalities in the Province of Granada
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