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Data of the Town

Yunquera

Town

Yunquera

Municipality

Union: Saw of the Snow and his Environment / Region:  Saw of the Snow

Province

Malaga

Community

Andalusia

Habt. / Ine 2004

3270

 

Town hall

Direction

Pza. of the Constitution, 13

ZIP code

29410

Phone

952482609

Fax

952482905

Office Tourism

To contact with telf. quoted

Official web

Yunquera

Web of Interest

Yunquera the portal of the Town in Internet

E-mail municipality

ayto_yunquera@globalnet.es

The municipality of Yunquera has the privilege of being not alone part of the Park Native of the Saw of the Snow, but also of the Reservation of Biosphere of the Saw of the Snow and his Environment, declared recently for the International Committee of the Program MAB of UNESCO

There are those who make sure that the foundation of the town is Roman and that his name, Yunquera, comes from the Latin Juncaira. Information does not exist trustworthy on this point, but the true thing is that there were some of them hamlets inhabited by Romans as they show two bridges that stay in the way towards Round. During the Arab domination a village existed , Toranjibal placed along with the creek that happened for Sale Rush.

Monuments
Church of Our Lady of the Embodiment
Constructed on the remains of an Islamic fortitude, this one lifts temple of three ships separated by cruciform pilasters. Of the most beautiful interior decoration, the exterior is simpler, emphasizing the tower of four bodies with arches in two top and crowned with a very showy roof of enameled tiles from blue.

Chapel of the Cross of the Poor person
In the outskirts of the Town, in intersection of ways, this beautiful chapel finished in 1866 is , with form hexagonal and roof to six slopes that an expressive image of Christ lodges crucified, object of big worship between the yunqueranos.

Chapel of the Porticate
Peregrination place in August. This chapel, there receives in his dressing room to the Virgin of the same name, which as they tell that him form of doll appeared in to a shepherd who was covering the area.

Toast Watchtower
Monumental tower constructed during the XIXth century, in full war against the French. His initial utility of alertness and defense there is changed recently on having turned into the Center of Reception of Visitors of the Nature reserve.

The management holidays in honor of the Virgin of the Rosary and San Sebastián there are October 7, date in which someone recall of the most ancient customs of the locality, like the gift of grapes to the boss. Fulfilled the requisite devocional, in the square of Town organizes himself a kidling treads of grape in which there can inform everything that one who wants. Also this day celebrates rosary of the dawn. From 7 of the morning, the women, especially, meet and Town they cover with his prayers the streets of . On having ended, they have been for breakfast in the square with fritters, sweets and chocolate.

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