YUNQUERA

The municipal district of Yunquera extends from the Peñon de los Enamorados and Caina depression in the Sierra de la Nieve until the meeting of the Grande and Jorox rivers. Yunquera has 3200 inhabitants who live tied to their marvellous Spanish fir grove, the largest in the Natural Park of Sierra de las Nieves with a surface of 1050 hectares.

Among the monuments there is the Mora chapel, which is at 500 metres from the town and is one of the scarce vestiges of the Muslim rule. Long ago, this chapel communicated via a tunnel with the castle which is situated in the highest part of Yunquera, which consists of two storeys and was restored in the 19th century. There is also the church of the Encarnación, erected in the 18th century with the same name the one the Catholic kings built; the watchtower, the Molino aqueduct, the chapel of the Cruz del Pobre and the El Calvario chapel.

The typical products of Yunquera are the orange, chestnuts, grapes, olives, and above all, the delicious cold meats and mosto wine.

Yunquera celebrates its festivities from the 7th to the 10th of October in honour of the patron saint the Virgen del Rosario, and on the 15th of August the traditional pilgrimage of the Virgen de Porticate takes place. They also celebrate the Corpus Christi with the streets decorated with arches made with ferns, palms and marjoram carpets.

The handicraft in Yunquera is based on saddlery, wood carving, and works in esparto grass. With the gastronomy, the visitor can taste typical dishes such as stews bases on kid meat, "pirriñaca" which is goats blood fried with onion, tomato and pepper, tasted while the stew is being made; rabbit in garlic; tomato soup; potatoes, or exquisite mushrooms which grow in the shade of the Spanish fir tree in March or April and are called "colmenillas".

Yunquera basic information

Sierra de las
Nieves