Órgiva

Órgiva lies in the valley of the Guadalfeo on the southern side of the Sierra Nevada. After surrendering Granada in 1492, the last Nasrid ruler Boabdil received lands in the Alpujarras as a place of retreat. Órgiva later passed through several lordships, including that of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba. Its lordly residence served as a defensive refuge during the upheavals that shook the Alpujarras in the sixteenth century.