Albuñol

History

Remains have been found of a prehistoric settlement in the Cave of Bats, located in the municipality, but Albuñol itself is believed to be of Roman origin. The heyday of the Alpujarra was the Moors, at the time Albuñol contained the largest population of Great Cehel or Gran Costa. It was in these centuries Albuñol was defended by the castle of La Rábita. In the sixteenth century Portocarrero Luis Zapata bought the population to the Crown, Dona Juana, also receiving the award of city status. After the expulsion of the Moors in 1570 began the repopulation of the Alpujarra with Castile, Galicia and Leon, but Albuñol did not occur until the seventeenth century. In 1834 he became head of the judicial district of the same name, currently the headquarters is located in Motril.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,179
• European Serin

  Serinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2,020
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,985
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,146
• European Greenfinch

  Chloris chloris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  878
• Sardinian Warbler

  Curruca melanocephala (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  857
• Black Redstart

  Phoenicurus ochruros (S.G.Gmelin, 1774) · Aves
  755
• Eurasian Blackcap

  Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  702