It is located in the centre of a plain of orchards and olive groves. Órgiva is considered the capital of the Alpujarra’s county. It is equipped with enough and renewed hotel rooms, it has good restaurants, countless bars and the leisure places.
The Órgiva district is part of the Sierra Nevada Natural Park and it is located in its Southern slope. It is nailed in the confluence of the Guadalfeo river and its affluent the Chico river. It is a commercial town that has supplied the entire region traditionally. It conjugates in its map and lifestyle modern characteristics with others that have been almost intact in the Alpujarra for centuries.
Although all the historical-monumental references seem to indicate that this one is a place of Arab foundation, the origin of Órgiva is much more remote. It has been identified with the Greek colony of Exoche, mentioned by Tolomeo.
During the Nasrid reign it took the name of Albastch, which means plain, and during several centuries it was called Albacete de Órgiva. In 1492 the Catholic Kings gave it to Boabdil as retirement place. In the Moorish revolt, during the reign of Felipe II, the tower of the house-palace of the Sástago Counts was scene of one of the most famous Christian acts. the alcaide Gaspar de Sarabia and other 160 men, women and children, resisted during 17 days in its interior the siege of the rebels commanded by Abén Farag.
Of the Orgiva’s cuisine it is necessary to emphasize the pimentón of cod, the toasted garlic, the remojón, the choto al colorín and the fig cakes.
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