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What to see and do in Guadix

What to see and do in Guadix (Comarca de Guadix, Granada): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 2 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Guadix

Guadix
Village
The Roman Julia Gemella Acci and later the Muslim 'Wadi Ash' was handed over to the Castilians on 30 December 1489, with the city's definitive conquest in September 1490 by the Catholic Monarchs and Cardinal Mendoza. In 2025 it has 18,881 inhabitants.
Catedral de la Encarnación y Alcazaba de Guadix
Monument
The cathedral, begun around 1500 with a later Baroque facade, and the Alcazaba were declared monumento histórico-artístico in 1931 (the heritage protection category used before the current 'Bien de Interés Cultural,' in effect since the 1985 Historical Heritage Law).
Barrio de las cuevas de Guadix
Curiosity
The largest neighborhood of inhabited cave houses in Europe; its origin is attributed either to Moriscos who returned secretly after the 1570 expulsion, or to poor Christians without the means to live within the city walls after the Reconquista.
Palacio de Peñaflor de Guadix
Monument
Townhouse-palace of Guadix that houses the Sala Alarconiana, dedicated to the writer Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, and forms part of the city's civil heritage alongside the Royal Hospital and the Puerta de San Torcuato.
La batalla de Guadix de 1362
Historical milestone
On 15 January 1362 a military engagement took place in Guadix as part of the internal conflicts of Nasrid Granada, one of the documented episodes in the city's turbulent medieval history.
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, escritor de Guadix
Curiosity
The novelist Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, author of 'The Three-Cornered Hat', was born in Guadix, a city that dedicates a permanent exhibition room to him at the Palacio de Peñaflor.