La Alpujarra

La Alpujarra is a mountainous district in Southern Spain, which stretches south from the Sierra Nevada mountains near Granada in the region of Andalusia. The western part of the region lies in the province of Granada and the eastern part in the province of Almeria. It is bordered by the provinces of Albacete, Murcia, Almeria, Jaen, Cordoba, Malaga and the Mediterranean Sea. It’s capital is Granada. Because of a warm southerly climate combined with a reliable supply of water for irrigation from the rivers running off the Sierra Nevada, the valleys of the western Alpujarras are among the most fertile in Spain, though the steepness of the terrain means that they can only be cultivated in small fields, so that many modern agricultural techniques are impractical.

The region was the last refuge of the Moors who were allowed to remain there for nearly 150yrs after the fall of Granada in 1492. Following the Morisco Revolt of 1568, the Moorish population was forced from the region after the Moriscos used it as a military base. By order of the Spanish crown, two Morrish families were required to remain in each village in order to demonstrate to the new inhabitants, introduced from northern Spain, the workings of the terracing and irrigation systems on which the district’s agriculture depends.
This is similiar senario going on as the Peace River district another example of an area being devastated by corporate greed. The pictures below show all the greenhouses being built and the damn. What you can't see on the pictures is all the wind farms as I was to far away and they didn't show on pictures when I took them. The area that I have frequented for many years and hoped to retire to, is now rapidly losing its allure and becoming just another spanish holiday resort.