Near the Haza del Lino is located the exit that descends towards Rubite, perched on La Contraviesa Mountain range and looking at the Mediterranean Sea. Town with an typically urban framework from the Alpujarra, with intricate and steep streets whose houses seem to be fused in its steep ground.
This town allows the visitor to enjoy the mountain as much as the sea, since the town is 15 kilometres away from the coast but its district arrives until the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Of the many anejos, cortijadas and small villages distributed all over its jurisdiction, the ones that deserve special mention are the ones of Casarones and El Lance, which house two of the most hidden and calm beaches of its surroundings.
Rubite conserves the rests of three Almohad rain tanks with an interesting water wheel of archaeological value. They date from the XII century and are distributed around different points of the district. Next to one of them is the Loma del Aljibe viewpoint, from where it is possible to enjoy superb views to the sea and Sierra Nevada.
The origin of this town could go back to the Latin time, because its name seems to come from the word rubus (blackberry), although the oldest rest found in its surroundings are not far in time of the andalusí period.
Under the Nasrid dynasty it belonged to the Suhayl Taha, called later Small Cehel. At this time it enjoyed a very flourishing agriculture. Small orchards watered by springs and water-bearing mantles that were used thanks to the canal and pond system. After the Reconquista it suffered a total depopulation process and became dependant on the Estate of Albuñol, bought by Luis Zapata y Portocarrero to the Quenn Juana la Loca.
In the XVII century the sale of land and houses to the agriculturists of the region was authorized, although paying to the count of Cifuentes the corresponding census. The decay of the cultivation of the grapevine in the XIX century forced to make of the almond tree its main production
Aside from having abundant vineyards, fig trees and almond trees, Rubite has a very varied gastronomy. Here, specialties of the sea - like the zalamandroña soup, with sardines and pumpkin - and of the interior, like the migas, the stews and choto al ajillo, can be tasted. Among the desserts, the pumpkin arrope and the fig bread stand out.
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