Cúllar is a small district located to the north of the Granada province, in a leafy fertile plain prodigal in fruit trees, which runs parallel to the Orce and Las Estancias Mountain ranges. It has a mountainous orography that allows the practice of trekking, rock climbing and para-gliding. The town has one of the most important monumental patrimonies of the Plateau region. Among its places of interest the archaeological site Cúllar I, one of the oldest in Europe; the town of Malagón, that dates from the Copper Age; an Arab military tower next to which the hermitage of the Virgen de la Cabeza rose; a church of the XVI century and the Palace of the Marquises of Cadimo stand out. The caves neighbourhood, in which half of the Cúllar population live, stands out as well. In addition, this district has a high number of villages or urban cores.
The area in which this town is located has been a human settlement since Prehistoric times, as the archaeological findings demonstrate. The site Cúllar I dates from more than 700,000 years ago. The local chronicles say that the apostle Santiago passed by Cúllar to preach Christianity. In 985 the great Almanzor, called “the Victorioso”, camped here, and since that date it depended, depending on the stages, on the Murcia Kingdom or the Nasrid kingdom of Granada. In 1488 the Catholic Kings conquered this district, although it was devastated by El Zagal shortly after. Definitively Christian, it change to depend on Baza, although after the Moorish revolt in 1568 it was almost depopulated. In 1628 it was constituted as independent district, although in 1639 it became estate of a family from Genova. In 1810, Cúllar was scenery of the defeat of the Hispanic-British troops at hands of the Napoleonic army. A year later, in 1811, it stopped being an estate thanks to a decree approved by the Parliament of Cadiz.
Great cereal producer, almonds and olive oil. The dish “ajo atao” and the chops of segureño lamb, a recipe done with garlic, potatoes, eggs and extra virgin olive oil, stand out.
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