Setenil de las Bodegas

In the lower streets of Setenil de las Bodegas, houses sit directly under the overhanging rock of the gorge cut by the Guadalporcún, their fronts simply closing off the cliff. Above them rises a Nasrid fortress that held out against repeated sieges until 1484, which tradition links to the name septem nihil, 'seven times nothing'. The 'Bodegas' recalls vineyards later wiped out by phylloxera.

Highlights

• Streets of houses built beneath the rock along the river gorge
• The Nasrid castle, its ruined walls and keep dominating the town (ES)
• Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación, a Mudéjar and a Gothic church joined as one
• The Ermita de San Sebastián, tied by legend to Queen Isabella's siege
• Olive and almond groves, still farmed around the town since Moorish times

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