It is located on the edge of the last and smooth mountainous spurs that descend from Alfacar to the Fertile plain of Granada, Jun has beautiful landscapes as much as important historical roots. It has a great artisan mud tradition and ceramics, as the work of the sculptor Miguel Ruiz Jimenez demonstrates.
Another of the curiosities of Jun is its bet by the new technologies and the approach of them to its neighbours. Jun is the first town of Spain that has turned the access to Internet into a district service. It also has been pioneer in experimenting with the electronic vote in electoral elections and facilitates the participation of its neighbours in the district plenary sessions through videoconference.
Its origin is linked to the appearance of a Roman tomb in which appears the name Iun. In addition, in demolitions of old houses rests of stone work of Roman time have been found. Another of the arguments that maintain the Roman establishment is the name of the place, Iundenia, in reference to the temples that were raised in honour to the goddess Diana. With time, the Denia word would disappear being left only the one of Iun. Later this place would be occupied by other settlers, like Visigoths and Muslims. In fact in Jun an Arab house of the XV century is still conserved. After the Moorish rebellion, the land of this town was distributed and was repopulated by Christians. It stays in a similar state until the XX century, in which it carries out an important development and urban growth.
The typical dishes of Jun are centred in migas, the gazpacho and the chick-peas pot. It is also very present in its tables the sausages and the meat, like choto al ajillo. Others delights that can be tasted in the town are the cakes of chicharrones and the homemade bread
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