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ARENAS DEL REY

The main pasaje of entry is the C – 340 Antequera regional road. The municipality consists of the villages Arenas del Rey, Fornes Játar and the village which takes its name from the adjacent reservoir, Los Bermejales. The whole area was destroyed by earthquake in 1884 and, with the help of donations which poured in from all over Spain, ever from the king, Alfonso XII, the town as we know it today, was built. As a safeguard, wide straight streets were built into the plans. Fornes and Játar were affected by the earthquake to a lesser degree and still conserve some of their Muslim heritage.

HISTORY

The village is situated around a softly sloping hill and its streets are typically late XIXth century, being wide and well proportioned. The houses are architecturalle very similar to those of the Joya district in Alhama.
The villages of Fornes and Játar were conceded the status of local autonomous entities in 1991. This effectively gave them a large degree of self-government. Together, the villages have a combined population of 2,122 inhabitants, distributed in the following manner: Arenas del Rey: 678, Fornes; 778, Játar: 543 and 123 Los Bermejales.

NATURAL HERITAGE

This territory has an abundante of water – river Játar, the ravine of Hornillo del Corral and that of los Grillos, river Resinera, which were formed by the confluence of the streams Venta and Cebollón.
River Cacin, which bears a course northwards from los Bermejales, is rich in trout and freshwater crabs. This kind of environment is perfect for practising many different kinds of environment is perfect for practising many different kinds of open air sports, such as horse-riding, mountain cycling, 4 by 4 adventuring as well as offering the possibility of numerous beautiful walks through pine forests.
Fornes offers the chance of hang-gliding and rabbit, hare, thrush, boar, deer or Spanish Ibex, hunting.

GASTRONOMY

“Borrachuelos” (Christmas pudding).
San José cakes, bread made with olive-oel, sugar and boiled.
Eggs which are typical on Palm Sunday.

FESTIVALS

Mid January, festival of the patron Saint Sebastián.
15 th May, Pilgrimage of Saint Isidro.
1 st week of August, main fair.
19 th March, celebration of Saint Joseph in Fornes.
September, celebration of the Virgen del Rosario and Saint Roque.

MONUMENTAL HERITAGE

Arenas del Rey:

The parish church of Arenas del Rey has a curious feature in that its porch is between two chapels which are situated at the base of the lateral aisles. Situated in Alfonso XII Square, it is the most distinctive building in the village. Its design has been described as “Romantic or Neo-romantic”.

Játar:

The church of Játar dates to the XVIth century. And was the project of Juan Espinosa and the carpenter Pedro Martínez Bédmar. The layout of the design is a shaped like a Latin cross. It is one of the few remaining churches dating from this period outside Alhama de Granada where several such monumental buildings are well preserved.

Fornes:

This village is well known for the San Fernando flour mill which was visited by King Alfonso XII in 1885 during his journey around those villages worst affected by the earthquiakes in Andalusia. Don´t miss the chance to visit the Mirador del Cerrillo with its breathtaking views of the surrounding hillside and the Pantano de los Bermejales. A path starts here that leads to the nature reserve at Tejeda and Almijara.

Pantano de los Bermejales:

The reservoir (pantano) at Bermejales (1958) was the first concrete dam to be built in the province of Granada. It was needed to store water much needed for irrigation in the zone. It is situated near the river Cacin canyon, of almos vertically steep sandstone walls. This is an wxceptionally good place to swim, sail, go canoeing, row and fish.

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