This core has the capital of the district. Its origins as human settlement go back to the times of the Roman empire, but it was not until the Muslim occupation of the Iberian Peninsula when it would get to receive certain importance. Its name then was Gabiar Alcobra and it had a tower-refuge where the inhabitants of the fertile plain went at the moments of danger when warlike ripples with the Christian troops took place. In its urban configuration a Muslim initial core of narrow and broken streets and irregular blocks can be distinguished.
In the XIX century Gabia Grande was the most populated town of the Granada’s fertile plain. Nowadays it has 10,000 inhabitants who are dedicated mainly to the agriculture, cultivating tobacco, cereals and vegetables.
The paleoChristian Baptistery-Mausoleum of the V century stands out among its patrimony.
© Patronato Provincial de Turismo de Granada I Diputación de Granada
