{"id":2327,"date":"2022-10-17T15:19:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinosgenilturismo.com\/?page_id=2327"},"modified":"2022-10-20T10:48:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T10:48:24","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pinosgenilturismo.com\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"

The historian Henr\u00edquez de Jorquera in his “Annals of Granada” attributes the foundation of the village to the Arabs of the 8th and 9th century, although before that there was a settlement from the Hispano-Visigothic period and it is believed that it already existed in Roman times under the name of Pinienllus.<\/p>\n

Since the 16th century it has changed its name several times, in 1574 it appears as Pinillos de la Sierra, in 1642 as Pinillos del Genil, a name which it will keep until 1810, when it appears definitively under the name of Pinos Genil.<\/p>\n

It has a very complicated orography as it is located in the narrow valley formed by the Cerro de la Cruz and the Cerro de Don Luis, with the river Genil dividing its urban centre, which gives it peculiar climatic conditions and a unique beauty.<\/p>\n

Its municipal district borders Cenes de la Vega, Granada, D\u00fadar, G\u00fc\u00e9jar Sierra and Monachil. The River Genil and its tributary, the Aguas Blancas, flow through it. It has two distinct nuclei, the town centre proper and Los Pinillos, a neighbourhood separated from the village by about 3 kms.<\/p>\n<\/div>