Benalauría is hidden among the greenery of the valley of Genal, about 667 m. altitude, in full Serrania de Ronda. In setting out its small mountainous alignment formed by the Loma de la Sierra (1,137 meters) and the Rock of Benadalid (1,116 meters). What gives a contrast in color between the green of the forests of chestnuts, walnuts and pine mixed with the cultivation of olive trees and the white limestone of the mountains.
The history of this town of about 523 young wild boar (and its inhabitants are called) has its origin during the Arab occupation, in the year 715 when it settled a Berber tribe called the Ben Auria of where you purchased your name. After the Christian conquest of Mudejar remained in the village under the rules of the Dukes of Feria, as the village became a member of the Kingdom of Granada, the Kingdom is in the 157th but Castilla is the definitive expulsion after several uprisings. Benalauría is occupied by people arriving from the Guadalquivir valley and Sierra Morena. This town would pass from hand to hand until its last owner, the home of Medinaceli it will sell to the inhabitants of the area until the late nineteenth century to be consolidated with City Hall itself. It was also rebuilt the church and performed the works of the Plaza, positive Farmers and other buildings that still remain, at this time there is also the agricultural and economic revival of the township.
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