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What to see and do in Terque

What to see and do in Terque (Alpujarra Almeriense, Almería): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to Terque: festival calendar

August: Feria de Santiago Apóstol (first weekend of August)

How far each place is from the centre of Terque

Iglesia de Santiago (Terque) 200 m

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What to see and do in Terque

Terque
Village
Municipality of 393 inhabitants at 278 m altitude, made independent in 1835 after the abolition of the lordship of Marchena. It preserves several small museums dedicated to ethnography and the cultivation of the Ohanes grape.
Iglesia de Santiago (Terque)
Monument
Mudejar church from the late 16th century.
Castillo de Marchena
Historical milestone
Fortress that gives its name to the former lordship of Marchena, damaged by the earthquake of 1522, whose ruins are preserved in the vicinity of Terque.
Museo Etnográfico y Museo de la Uva del Barco
Monument
Terque brings together several museum spaces devoted to its heritage: the Museo Etnográfico, the Museo Provincial de la Uva del Barco, the historic textile shop La Modernista, and the Museo de la Escritura Popular.
Casa de los Caballitos
Monument
Late nineteenth-century bourgeois building notable for the decorative gryphons crowning its cornice.
Feria de Santiago Apóstol
Activity
Fair of Terque in honor of Santiago Apóstol, joined in October by the festival of the Virgen del Rosario and, in May, by the Cruces de Mayo and the Romería de San Isidro Labrador.
Bando municipal de 1830 sobre el frontón
Curiosity
A municipal edict (bando) from Terque dated 1830 records that frontón was already being played in the town, one of the oldest testimonies of this game in the region.