Capileira

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Capileira is a picturesque mountain village in Spain’s Alpujarras region, known for its traditional whitewashed houses and dramatic location on the southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada.

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Capileira canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
village
belongsTo Alpujarras region
surface form: Spain’s Alpujarras region
climate Mediterranean mountain climate
country Spain
countrySubdivision Andalusia
Granada Province
surface form: Province of Granada
distanceTo approximately 72 km from Granada
elevation approximately 1436 metres above sea level
governingBody Ayuntamiento de Capileira
hasCharacteristic dramatic location
mountain village
picturesque
traditional architecture
whitewashed houses
hasFeature chimneys with distinctive cowls
flat-roofed houses
narrow, steep streets
hasReligiousBuilding Iglesia de Santa María de la Cabeza
heritage Moorish-influenced architecture
traditional Alpujarran terraces
knownFor access to Sierra Nevada trails
hiking
traditional Alpujarran cuisine
locatedIn Alpujarras region
Autonomous community of Andalusia
Lanjarón
surface form: La Alpujarra

Granada Province
surface form: Province of Granada
locatedInMountainRange Sierra Nevada
locatedInProtectedArea Sierra Nevada National Park
locatedNear Poqueira Gorge
locatedOn southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada
mainEconomicActivity agriculture
tourism
nearbySettlement Bubión
Pampaneira
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Barranco de Poqueira villages
comarca of Alpujarra Granadina
postalCode 18413
region Sierra Nevada
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
touristAttractionType mountain tourism destination
rural tourism destination
twinTown Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

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Mulhacén nearbySettlement Capileira
Veleta near Capileira
Alcazaba (mountain) accessFrom Capileira
subject surface form: Alcazaba