Carboneras

Carboneras is a locality of the Province of Almería, in Andalusia (Spain). In 2005 it counted 7.267 inhabitants. It extends on 95 km ² with a density of 76,5 hab/km ². Its geographical coordinates are 36º 60 ' NR, 1º 53 ' O. It is located at an altitude of 10 meters and 68 kilometers of the capital of the province, Almería. It is famous for its desalination plant of the sea water, largest of Europe, its festivals of the Christians and Mores, and its hotel, prone to polemic, of El Algarrobico.

History

The fishing port of Carboneras is at the edge of the the Mediterranean, with the foot of the Sierra Will pull up.

In 1559, Philippe II gave these grounds to the marquis de Carpio with the order to make build the Castle of San Andrés. It was a question of defending this coast against the Morisque S whereas the insurrection of Alpujarras was announced; in addition it was obtained that the population was organized around this construction. The landscape of Carboneras includes/understands vestiges of the XIXe century represented by seigneuriaux buildings like the current seat of the town hall, formerly Casa los Fuentes.

The locality has the beaches of El Lancón and Los Barquicos. Since all the beach of Carboneras one sees the island of San Andrés, small island rock of 1,5 hectares whose silhouette on the horizon evokes that of a whale.

With the mouth of the river Alias, on the coast of Carboneras and inside the Natural park of Cabo of one Spoiled-Níjar finds a series of still virgin beaches. One of them is the beach of Algarrobico, long 3 km and which were pilot turning of the film " Lawrence d' Arabie" (David Lean, 1962).

Other beaches of the municipality are the beach of El Corral and the beach of Los Muertos, with the right in the middle of the Natural park of Cabo of Spoiled-Nijar; they present rock formations of volcanic nature modelled by the wind and the sea, and one can practice nudism there. In the south of the village while following the coast one finds the headlight and the tower of Mesa Roldán, of the XVIIIe century. Towards south-east one arrives at the beaches of Níjar and the village of Aguamarga.

Carboneras and its surroundings form a zone which, although in the middle of the Natural park of Cabo of Spoiled-Níjar, does not have the qualification of Natural park since one finds there a cement factory, a thermo plant and a desalination plant of sea water.

In 2006, its beaches obtained three blue houses.

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