Cogollos Vega

Cogollos Vega is a village and a town in Andalusia, located 14 kilometers north of Granada, in the province of Granada.

First provable notices must be dated to the year 1363. Today there live 2016 people, mostly Spanish descent, but there are still a small part of the population of the Gitanos ( Gypsies).

The village is characterized primarily by olive cultivation from. About 8 % of Spanish olive oil production are delivered annually from there.

In the 1960s, a community of farmers, a Cooperativa was founded under the leadership of José Martín Martinez. With the help of Cooperativa each farmer gets even poor harvest a significantly higher yield, since the total income is distributed by all members equally.

Earlier, the Caliph Route ( Ruta del Califato ) along the village. Still have quite a few signs out.

Due to the proximity of the mountain range Penon de la Mata to the Sierra Elvira, several observation towers were in the time of the Moors, situated in the mountains, which can still be admired today. Similarly, date from this period, the Arab Baths.

In addition, it is one of the few villages in Andalusia, where even underground caves are to be found.

At the end of the Spanish civil war in 1939, the last supporters of the monarchy entrenched on the Peñón de la Mata, a part of the Sierra de Nívar and tried the crown to defend. It died in these days about 3,000 soldiers and civilians on this mountain.

The best-known of all residents was around the years 1829-1831 the writer Washington Irving. Even today, his former home can be admired.