Houses and Streets

UB102
Birth of the Street (2, Colón Street)

The first known mention comes from the sale of a house between two “Granadinos”, made on August 26, 1580, in “lo carrer de Dalt” (Upper Street).

The first neighbors were the farmers that came from Granada, García Madaquar, in the current number 2, and Diego Alonso de Betmar, may be the current number 4 (it is impossible to know the dimensions of the houses, the current number 2 could accommodate two houses) .

In the period 1579-85, due to the revolt of the Alpujarra, many Moriscos (Morish people) fled from the kingdom of Granada to avoid repression. A few of them arrived in Algímia and, in part, they settled in this street. That would explain the popular name of “Granadinos”, which was made official centuries later in a corrupt way, “Granadiño”. This is how it appears in a notarial deed of 1808.