Molvízar
Encyclopedia
Molvízar is a small town and municipality
located in the province
of Granada
, in Spain
. Between 1905-2005, the population has ranged between 1500 and 3500 inhabitants. It is located in the foothills of the mountains of southern Spain, approximately five kilometres from the Costa Tropical
coast.
Agriculture is a large part of its economy, with an increasing contribution from European tourism, with visitors attracted by its year-round temperate weather.
Locals celebrate the patron saint, Santa Ana
, on July 26, during which the town puts forth a traditional representation of "Moros y Cristianos
" (Moors and Christians), which commemorates the Reconquista
expulsion of the Moors from Spain. The city is also the birthplace of anarchist revolutionary Antonio Ramón
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the province
Provinces of Spain
Spain and its autonomous communities are divided into fifty provinces .In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian , sing. província.*Galician , sing. provincia.*Basque |Galicia]] — are not also the capitals of provinces...
of Granada
Granada (province)
Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Albacete, Murcia, Almería, Jaén, Córdoba, Málaga, and the Mediterranean Sea . Its capital city is also called Granada.The province covers an area of 12,635 km²...
, in Spain
Spain
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. Between 1905-2005, the population has ranged between 1500 and 3500 inhabitants. It is located in the foothills of the mountains of southern Spain, approximately five kilometres from the Costa Tropical
Costa Tropical
Costa Tropical is a comarca in southern Spain, corresponding to the Mediterranean coastline of the province of Granada, Andalusia. It is also but less frequently called the “Costa de Granada” or "Costa Granadina"...
coast.
Agriculture is a large part of its economy, with an increasing contribution from European tourism, with visitors attracted by its year-round temperate weather.
Locals celebrate the patron saint, Santa Ana
Saint Anne
Saint Hanna of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. English Anne is derived from Greek rendering of her Hebrew name Hannah...
, on July 26, during which the town puts forth a traditional representation of "Moros y Cristianos
Moros y cristianos
Moros y Cristianos or Moros i Cristians literally in English Moors and Christians, is a set of festival activities which are celebrated in many towns and cities of Spain, mainly in the southern Valencian Community; according to popular tradition the festivals commemorate the battles, combats and...
" (Moors and Christians), which commemorates 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...
expulsion of the Moors from Spain. The city is also the birthplace of anarchist revolutionary Antonio Ramón
Antonio Ramón
Antonio Ramón Ramón was a Spanish anarchist. He was born in the town of Molvizar, in Granada, Spain.-Santa María of Iquique School massacre:The bloodiest massacre in Chile’s history occurred on December 21, 1907...
.