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Almería es una provincia española de la comunidad autónoma de Andalucía; situada en el sureste de la península ibérica. Limita con las provincias de Granada al oeste y noroeste; y con Murcia al norte y al noreste; así como con el mar Mediterráneo al este y sur (parte conocida como mar de Alborán ).
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Almería es la capital de la provincia homónima y por tanto...
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Almería es una provincia española de la comunidad autónoma de Andalucía; situada en el sureste de la península ibérica. Limita con las provincias de Granada al oeste y noroeste; y con Murcia al norte y al noreste; así como con el mar Mediterráneo al este y sur (parte conocida como mar de Alborán ).
- Etymology
- History
- Main Sights
- People and Culture
- Economy
- Transport
- Geography
- Climate
- Crystal Cave
- Festivities
The name "Almería" comes from the city's former Arabic name, Madīnat al-Mariyya, meaning "city of the watchtower". As the settlement was originally the port or coastal suburb of Pechina, it was initially known as Mariyyat al-Bajjāna (Bajjānabeing the Arabic name for Pechina).
The origin of Almería is connected to the 9th-century establishment of the so-called Republic of Pechina (Bajjana) some kilometres to the north, which was for a time autonomous from the Cordobese central authority: the settlement of current-day Almería initially developed as a humble trading port of Pechina known as Al-Mariyya Bajjana. Pechina and ...
The Alcazaba, a medieval fortress that was begun in the 10th century but destroyed by an earthquake in 1522. It includes a triple line of walls, a majestic keep and large gardens. It commands a cit...Almería air raid shelters, underground galleries for civilian protection during the Spanish Civil War, currently the longest in Europe open for tourists.Renaissance church of Santiago, built in 1533, with tower and portal decorated with reliefs.Famous natives of Almería include Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso, who in 1873 was the third president of the First Spanish Republic, as well as several musicians, including the composer José Padilla Sánchez, whose music was declared of "universal interest" by Unesco in 1989, the popular folk singer Manolo Escobar, renowned Flamenco guitar player José To...
Intensive agriculture has been the most important economic sector of Almería for the last 50 years.Nowadays, greenhouse's production, handling and commercialisation of vegetables, and the supply industry of the sector, represent almost 40% of Almería's GDP. Directly, agricultural production accounts for 18.2% of the provincial GDP. In Andalusia, th...
By land, Almería can be reached by the A-7 Mediterranean Highway, which connects the Mediterranean area with the Spanish A-92 that unites it with the rest of Andalusia. Almería railway station is served by Renfe Operadora with direct rail services to Granada, and Madrid Atocha using a branch off the Alcázar de San Juan–Cádiz railway; the Linares Ba...
Due to its arid landscape, numerous Spaghetti Westerns were filmed in Almería and some of the sets still remain as a tourist attraction.These sets are located in the desert of Tabernas. The town and region were also used by David Lean in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), John Milius in The Wind and the Lion(1975) and others. One of Almería's most famous n...
With a yearly precipitation of just 200 mm (7.9 in) and with only 26 days of precipitation and an annual temperature of 19.1 °C (66.4 °F), Almería has a transitional climate between hot semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSh) to hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). It is the only city in Europe with a hot desert climate, starting in the south-eastern outskirts...
In 2000, a team of geologists found a cave filled with giant gypsum crystals in an abandoned silver mine near Almería. The cavity, which measures 8 by 1.8 by 1.7 metres (26.2 ft × 5.9 ft × 5.6 ft), may be the largest geode ever found. The entrance of the cave was blocked by five tons of rocks, and was under police protection (to prevent looters fro...
The festive events that occur in the municipality are listed below: 1. Carnival 2. Holy Week 3. Cruces de mayo 4. Saint Joan's Eve
Almería es la provincia más oriental de Andalucía, España. La provincia de Almería ocupa al este de Andalucía una extensión de 8.774 km² limitando al norte con la Región de Murcia y presentando una larga línea de costa con el mar Mediterráneo al este y el extremo más oriental del sur de Andalucía.
