Pulianas is constituted by two population centres separated by the modest channel of the Juncaril stream. It also has two different but complementary landscapes: the north and the northwest, conformed by mounts and hills of smooth profile; and the south and southwest, formed by practically plain lands or with gentle slopes. Pulianas has monumental buildings and a Via Crucis that crosses all the territory of the district, its surrounding area as much as its town centre. Its proximity to the city of the Alhambra turns it into an area of urban and population growth, to the point that it welcomes one of the greatest malls of the province.
The origin of Pulianas probably goes back to the Roman time, framed in the network of villas of agrarian exploitation near Granada. However, although it has not been possible to confirm it with archaeological evidences, it is identified with the old Iberian-Roman Ilípula. In the Arab stage, the name of the town was Bulyana and already then there were two, big and small, which corresponds with the present settlements of Pulianas and Pulianillas. One became a farmhouse. With the arrival of almoravids the Mozarab population is persecuted. This one is supported by some Christian kings, reason why Pulianas was sometimes affected by fights that decrease its census and economy. After the Reconquista, the town is put under the Corregimiento of Granada. With the French invasion starts another period of decrease in its population that would be confronted with a revulsive in the field with the cultivation of the beet. Two of the most significant moments of the town occur in 1834 when it becomes a town and 1945 when the link between the two cores that form it.
The soup of maimones, stewed with fried bread and the green asparagus are typical dishes of Pulianas. The migas, the gachas and the chick-peas pot stand out as well in its traditional gastronomy. Other typical dishes are the beans and spinach omelettes. About the meat, the choto is one of the most common, in multiple preparations.
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