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Zahara de la Sierra is a municipality in the province of Cádiz in the hills of Andalusia, southern Spain. It is perched on a mountain, overlooking a valley and a man-made lake formed by the dam that must be driven over to access the town. It is considered to be one of the pueblos blancos or "white towns" because the overwhelming majority of the buildings are white.
The town was originally a Moorish outpost, overlooking the valley. Due to its position between Ronda and Seville, it was a perfect site for a castle to be built to serve as a fortress in case of attack. The remains of the Moorish castle still exist. It was ruled by Arabs until 1407. It was recaptured by the Emirate of Granada in 1481. This capture gave a pretext to Castile's war against Granada. It was finally captured by Castilian troops under command of Rodrigo Ponce de León, Duke of Cádiz in 1483.
The Garganta Verde canyon is located nearby.
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El castillo de Zahara de la Sierra es un castillo de época nazarí que se encuentra en la localidad andaluza de Zahara de la Sierra, entre el embalse de Zahara y el parque natural de la Sierra de Grazalema.
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La iglesia de Santa María de la Mesa, también Santa María de la Meza (Carrasco Terriza 1992, 463) es un templo de la localidad de Zahara de la Sierra, provincia de Cádiz, España, que constituye una destacada muestra de la arquitectura religiosa andaluza de la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII…
IglesiaBien de interés cultural
La capilla de San Juan de Letrán es una ermita dedicada al culto católico, está ubicada en la Plaza San Juan Zahara de la Sierra, provincia de Cádiz, Andalucía, España.
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5 plans to experience Zahara on the move, not just passing through.
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Places and plans from OpenStreetMap (ODbL): what is mapped within the municipal boundary, by name. If something is missing, it can be added there and will appear here in the next update.
What there really is in the village and around it, with distances. If an activity isn't on this list, we haven't found it nearby.
