An ancient village home with a modest exhibition on local farming and living utensils, and the life and work of the Guadix-born novelist Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, whose 1872 book La Alpujarra detailed his travels in the region.
Casa-Museo Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
Las Alpujarras
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