Lucainena de las Torres

Lucainena de las Torres

This morning we drove past Nijar and up through the Sierra de Alhamilla in search of almond blossom. The winding, narrow road took us through barren, mountainous country until we alighted at last on the village of Lucainena de las Torres.

Almond blossom and palm at Lucainena

There were not a great many almond trees, and only the early flowering, white varieties were in bloom, while the later varieties, with pink flowers, were still in bud.

Pots and people in the sun

The village though looked very pretty in the winter sunshine.

Even the tattiest walls have pots of geraniums

In the quaint streets, many pots of colourful geraniums hang on the walls of the traditional old houses and ….

The church at Lucainena

…. there is a fine old church.

The old workings

At the end of the 19th Century the village was the centre of a mining industry.

The last remaining chimney

Iron ore was extracted here and a railway constructed to take the ore to the port at Agua Amarga.

The old kilns

The old kilns which transformed raw hematite into much richer material still remain and are a tourist attraction.

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