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| The "Paradise of the Muscatel
Grape" is located 35 kilometres away from Malaga and only 8 from
Velez-MaIaga. It rests on the skirt of the Loma de Barcos that reaches
475 metres high and offers unique spots and spectacular views over
a good part of the Sierra Tejeda, including tlle Boquete de Zafarraya.
In the interior valleys, the small villages seem to be white gems encased in the Axarquian countryside. We are referring to Iznate, a small white village with a thousand inhabitants whose steep and narrow streets keep intact the spirit of their Moorish origin. The village spreads over sceneriy of slopes and ravines, whose crops take good advantage of the river that flows gently at the bottom. The facts that explain Iznate's origin have been lost in the tide of history. Perhaps it was the Hisn Aute, a castle near which some historians locate the place of birth of Omar Ben Hafsun, a Mozarabic commander; or a place called "Sitanar", which was mentioned in the chronical of Hernando del Pulgar; or the Yniesta that appears in the distributions of Velez-Málaga in 1488. What we know for sure is that in 1487, when the area was conquered by the Catholic Kings it was a big farmhouse. It is also known that its Moorish inhabitants continued living in the farmhouse until they were definitively expelled in 1570 due to their active participation in the rebellion of the Alpujarras. In 1574 Iznate was repopulated, with 59 families by order of Felipe II. During centuries, Iznate had Rights of "Behetria", by which they could elect their lord.
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