Dúrcal is a Spanish municipality located in the northeastern part Lecrín Valley (Granada province), in the autonomous community of Andalusia, one of the fifty-one entities that make up the metropolitan area of ​​Granada

Granada

Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...

. It borders the municipalities of Dílar

Dílar

Dílar is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2005 census , the city has a population of 1620 inhabitants....

, Lanjaron Nigüelas Villamena and the Padul. Other nearby towns are Padul and Mondújar. The council consists durqueño nuclei Dúrcal, which is the capital district Lecrín Valley, and Marchena. Much of its township is located in the Sierra Nevada National Park.

History

The singer and actress Rocio Durcal Madrid drew at random from a map of Spain this town, whose name would ever since as her stage name. It was therefore declared Adoptive Daughter of Dúrcal and the city council named a street in her honor.
The origin of Dúrcal goes back to the era of Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula

Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...

. Its status as a must from Granada to the coast and its fertile land attracted to Arabs. Its name comes from the Arabic "Quasb", a term that refers to "cane sugar ", but plenty in terms of citrus orchards and other fruit. After the Reconquista

Reconquista

The Reconquista was a period of almost 800 years in the Middle Ages during which several Christian kingdoms succeeded in retaking the Muslim-controlled areas of the Iberian Peninsula broadly known as Al-Andalus...

 carried out by Ferdinand and Isabella, the Moors

Moors

The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of the Maghreb region who are predominately of Berber and Arab descent. They came to conquer and rule the Iberian Peninsula for nearly 800 years. At that time they were Muslim, although earlier the people had followed...

were expelled from the area, being Dúrcal starting point for many families heading north African Christian escape pressure

External links

• http://www.adurcal.com - Información municipal de Dúrcal