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World News. The hilltop fortress town that cut itself off from the world -- and coronavirus. The fortress town of Zahara de la Sierra in southern Spain is used to fending off enemies. The...
Website. Official website. Zahara de la Sierra is a municipality in the province of Cádiz in the hills of Andalusia, southern Spain. It is perched on a mountain, overlooking a valley and a man-made lake formed by the dam that must be driven over to access the town. It is considered to be one of the pueblos blancos or "white towns" because the ...
A few words about Zahara de la Sierra. The picturesque white village of Zahara de la Sierra is in the province of Cadiz. It forms part of the famous Route of the White Villages. It is a village nestling on a beautiful rocky promontory, dominated by a 15th-century tower. This tower was built on the remains of a Moorish fortress.
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Jun 3, 2021 · The past of Zahara de la Sierra is latent throughout its geography. It is possible to pronounce it in the syllables of its name. You can still contemplate it in the remains of the Muslim fortress that crowns the town. The history of this small white spot, immersed in the Sierra de Grazalema, is closely connected with the nature that surrounds it.
A trip to 2 towns in the province of Cadiz - one inland, as is the case of Zahara de la Sierra and another on the coast, Zahara de los Atunes. Two towns with the same name but a different surname. One is mountain style - full of whitewashed streets, in the heart of the Sierra de Grazalema Nature Park…
Zahara de la Sierra Castle is actually a six-hectare area on the rocky hill, known as the Villa Arabe or Villa Medieval; its crowning glory is the Homage Tower. The town was originally a Moorish outpost, overlooking the valley. Due to its position between Ronda and Seville, it was a perfect site for a castle to be built to serve as a fortress ...
In the 18th century the Duke of Arcos had a stately home in Zahara, giving greater importance to the area. The dependent villages of El Gastor and Algodonales gained their independence. The population of Zahara was around 3000 until 1970; it lost half the population in the following 15 years. It was declared a Conjunto Historico-Artistico in 1983.
