Montenegro, Spain

This article is about the hamlet. For the municipality in Castile and León, see Montenegro de Cameros.

Montenegro is a cortijada or hamlet part of the municipality of Alpujarra de la Sierra, Andalucía, Spain. It currently has only 5 adult inhabitants.

It is located on the old GR 7 trading route (now a long-distance footpath) that runs from Algeciras to Greece.

It was once owned by Aben Aboo, the last Moorish King in Spain [1] - successor to Aben Humeya. His possessions were redistributed to the Christian families of Blanco, Medina, Romera, Ruiz and Vela who were from other parts of Spain in 1652.[2]

References

  1. ↑ ""Alpujarra de la Sierra - Historia", Ayuntamiento de Alpujarra de la Sierra". Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  2. ↑ ""Montenegro - Pictures - History"". Retrieved 2008-11-02.

36°57′58″N 3°7′56″W / 36.96611°N 3.13222°W / 36.96611; -3.13222

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