La Taha, is a municipality in the

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region of the province of

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, Spain. The modern municipality consists of three distinct villages, though several of these are themselves clusters of distinct settlements. It lies to the east of the villages of the

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gorge, and to the south and west of

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. The villages are all on south-facing slopes overlooking the

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. The villages of La Taha are: *Pitres, with the smaller settlement of Capilerilla above it; this is the administrative centre, the largest of the three villages, and the only one on the through road *Mecina Fondales, which comprises Mecina, Mecinilla, and Fondales *Ferreirola, which is below the smaller village of Atalbéitar In guidebooks and other sources, some other neighbouring villages are often included in La Taha, though they do not belong to the municipality. These include

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and Busquístar. The name La Taha comes from

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''Tá'', meaning "obedience". Under the

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kings of

, the region was divided into a number of administrative districts called "tahas", each containing several settlements; for example, the villages of the Poquiera gorge formed "La Taha de Poqueira". Modern La Taha is the only one of these districts to have retained the name. There is a modest tourist trade in La Taha, though the villages do not attract the intense interest either of the Poqueira river villages or of Trevélez. Pitres has a market on Friday. The

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passes through the municipality. Atalbeitar is one of the best villages in which to learn about the original characteristics of the houses and streets of the Alpujarras, due to the lack of new buildings that other more touristic villages have been constructing.

References

http://multiportal.dipgra.es/web/ayuntamiento-de-la-taha/historia-de-la-ciudad

Bibliography

* Existe traducción al castellano en: *

External links

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Walking in La Taha, Las Alpujarras

Atalbeitar website
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