スペインの白い村 1. グラサレマ山脈とその周辺地域
The “White Villages” of Spain are a group of towns located mainly in the south of the country, in Andalusia, which share a distinctive architectural aesthetic: whitewashed houses, red-tiled roofs, cobblestone streets, and Moorish layout.
The name “White Villages” comes from the whitewashing of facades with lime, a traditional practice that not only helps reflect the sun’s heat in the torrid Andalusian climate but also acts as a natural disinfectant. This uniform aesthetic creates a very striking visual effect, especially when contrasted with the surrounding green, mountainous landscape.
The Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, with an area of 53,411 hectares, is located between the eastern part of the province of Cádiz and the westernmost part of the Serranía de Ronda mountain range. It is comprised of several mountain ranges (Sierra de Zafalgar, Pinar, Endrinal, Caíllo, etc.).
It covers part of the northeast of the province of Cádiz and the west of the province of Málaga, encompassing all or part of fourteen municipalities: nine belonging to the province of Cádiz (El Bosque, Prado del Rey, Zahara de la Sierra, Algodonales, El Gastor, Grazalema, Villaluenga del Rosario, Benaocaz, and Ubrique) and five to the province of Málaga (Ronda, Montejaque, Benaoján, Jimera de Líbar, and Cortes de la Frontera).
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Ronda is one of those cities that seems made to leave travelers speechless: it is literally split in two by a 100-meter-deep chasm, over which stands the imposing Puente Nuevo (New Bridge), built in the 18th century and taking 42 years to complete. Ronda was the birthplace of 19th-century romantic travel—celebrities like Hemingway and Orson Welles passed through here, the latter even requesting that his ashes be laid to rest nearby—and although this holds little interest for us, it’s worth mentioning: Ronda is also considered the birthplace of modern bullfighting, with the oldest bullring in Spain still in use.
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In Setenil de las Bodegas, the houses don’t just rest on the rock… they live within it! This whitewashed Cadiz village grows along the course of the Trejo River, with street names as unique as Cuevas del Sol and Cuevas de la Sombra, where balconies and terraces seem to sprout directly from natural cliffs. Its origins date back to 12th-century Moorish fortifications, and its name comes from the vineyards that once covered these lands. Today, Setenil is a living postcard, a blend of impossible architecture, history, and mountain freshness.
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Zahara de la Sierra rises like an eagle’s nest above the Cádiz mountains, crowned by a 13th-century Nasrid tower that guarded the passage between Al-Andalus and Castile. Its whitewashed houses cascade down to a turquoise reservoir, creating one of Andalusia’s most iconic postcards. A former border bastion, today Zahara combines a history of reconquests with the tranquility of a mountain village, surrounded by trails, olive groves, and the purest air of the Sierra de Grazalema.
The park is located entirely within the mountain range known as the Serranía de Ronda (the western end of the Cordillera Bética). Of the External Zones of the Cordillera Bética, the mountain ranges that make up the natural park are part of the Subbético geological complex. Within this, the Middle Subbético is located mainly north of the Corredor del Boyar, encompassing the Pinar, Zafalgar, and Blanquilla mountain ranges, among others. To the south of this, the Internal Subbético is located, encompassing the Endrinal, Caíllo, and Ubrique mountain ranges, among others. The allochthonous units of the Campo de Gibraltar are also represented.
The Middle Subbetic, or northern sector, has an abundance of marl and marly limestone compared to the absolute predominance of limestone in the southern sector, or Subbetic, with a difference in landscape tones: dark and grayish in the former versus white in the latter.
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