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The city, built into the rocks
Setenil de las Bodegas - Spanish town, lost in the rocks. Getting in the Spanish town of Setenil de las Bodegas, comes to mind the Biblical truth that there is a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones. It seems that these words are taken literally, and some unknown forces gathered all the boulders in the area, and after - was placed among them a lot of houses. This is probably one of the most amazing parts of Andalusia.
Setenil de las Bodegas has long been renowned for its unique geographical position: most of the houses literally "embedded" in the rock, built by expanding the natural caves. A similar picture can be seen except in Bolivia, where the town of Le Paz "grown" in the crater of an extinct volcano.
Historical records indicate that proud was founded in Roman times and is built on a promontory that was later occupied by Muslims. This city has long been the main outpost, repulsing the attacks of the Christian troops. Many scientists believe that the name of the city is connected with the military events. The first part of the name allegedly derived from «septem nihil», which literally means "seven times without result." It was such a number of unsuccessful attacks of the Christian troops. The second part of the name "-de las Bodegas" appeared thanks to the abundant production of precious wines, which has been famous for this area. It is noteworthy that the first vineyards were planted in the area namely Christians, in addition to growing here olive and almond groves.
For many years Setenil de las Bodegas became popular not only because of winemaking, this city has the best "meat" reputation in the region, many bars and restaurants serve excellent dishes of pork.
Setenil de las Bodegas has long been renowned for its unique geographical position: most of the houses literally "embedded" in the rock, built by expanding the natural caves. A similar picture can be seen except in Bolivia, where the town of Le Paz "grown" in the crater of an extinct volcano.
Historical records indicate that proud was founded in Roman times and is built on a promontory that was later occupied by Muslims. This city has long been the main outpost, repulsing the attacks of the Christian troops. Many scientists believe that the name of the city is connected with the military events. The first part of the name allegedly derived from «septem nihil», which literally means "seven times without result." It was such a number of unsuccessful attacks of the Christian troops. The second part of the name "-de las Bodegas" appeared thanks to the abundant production of precious wines, which has been famous for this area. It is noteworthy that the first vineyards were planted in the area namely Christians, in addition to growing here olive and almond groves.
For many years Setenil de las Bodegas became popular not only because of winemaking, this city has the best "meat" reputation in the region, many bars and restaurants serve excellent dishes of pork.
