El supuesto nacimiento del Guadalquivir en María Curiosity · María, Los Vélez, Almería Image of María, not of the place itself. Local tradition holds that a spring located at the Cañadas de Cañepla, within the municipal term of María, is the true source of the Guadalquivir river. Photo: Schumi4ever (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in María