Beires: history, mining, nature and Alpujarra charm
Beires - Almería
Beires is in a privileged position thanks to its special location in Almería’s Alpujarra.
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El Zambrón Bridge, Ánimas hermitage, Chorillo Fountain and La Pileta
Beires - Almería
We find ourselves in an important place, which is key to the history of Beires. This ravine and bridge mark the divide between the original settlement, the so-called El Zambrón neighbourhood, and the new, which has been taking...
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Route of the Watermills and the Nacimiento Recreational Area
Beires - Almería
Beires offers the visitor enormous possibilities for active and nature tourism, since it has a little changed landscape and areas of high environmental value, like the Ravine of the Mills and the Nacimiento Recreational Area. In...
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Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia Parish Church
Beires - Almería
Dedicated to the patron saint of the village, San Roque, it was built around 1676 and modified and notably enlarged around 1782. It has a floor in the form of a Latin cross and a structure of masonry caisson between rafas and...
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The Castle
Beires - Almería
Known popularly in Beires as the “Castle of the Moors “, it is a fortification built by the Muslims, possibly around the first half of the 13th Century. It gained importance in the Nasrid Kingdom as a place of...
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St. John’s Brotherhood
Vera - Almería
The warmth of the people has made the Saint John brotherhood one of Vera town’s most loved. Three and a half centuries of history parade every Easter Thursday the everlasting fervour of the devout.
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