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What to see and do in Moraleda de Zafayona

What to see and do in Moraleda de Zafayona (Comarca de Loja, Granada): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Nature · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Moraleda de Zafayona

Moraleda de Zafayona
Village
The name combines 'Moraleda' (place of mulberry trees) and 'Zafayona' (from the Arabic for 'springs'); it split off from Chimeneas in the 19th century. In 2025 it has 3,214 inhabitants.
La segregación de Moraleda de Zafayona
Historical milestone
Moraleda de Zafayona split off from the municipality of Chimeneas as an independent town council in the 19th century, between the 1857 census and the one immediately before it.
El topónimo de Moraleda y la tradición sedera
Curiosity
The name 'Moraleda' comes from the Latin 'mora' (mulberry, the fruit of the mulberry tree) with the suffix '-etum', and designates a place planted with mulberry trees, a crop traditionally linked to silkworm farming in the region.
La confluencia de tres ríos en Moraleda de Zafayona
Nature
The municipal term of Moraleda de Zafayona is crossed by three rivers: the Genil, the Cacín and the Alhama.