GUADIX´ History
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Guadix is one of the biggest villages that we can find in the province of Granada.
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It has more or less 19 000 inhabitants and an area of 317 km^2.
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It is one of the eldest human settlement in Spain. It was founded by Octavio Augusto as a settlement for the veterans of the I and II legions. IN this roman era it was called "Julia Gemella Acci", and from here comes its family name "Accitano".
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The name of the village comes from muslims, when the town was called "Wadi Ash", arabization of the name Acci.
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In the era of the Granada´s kingdom, Wadi Ash was one of its 33 fortified cities. This one had an Alcazaba.
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In this city exists a neighborhood made of caves which were perforated long ago. A huge amount of them are being rehabilitated and are used as settlements for turists as "apartacuevas".
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The caves are a later creation to the muslim era, their origin must be sought immediately after the capture of Granada in 1492 by the Catholic Kings.
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The excavations in the hills were practised by main master builders. The technique consisted of the "puncture" of the hill in order that this ones were not ruined.
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