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Abatel: The neighbourhood of Abatel
is a multi-coloured patchwork of cave houses,
built in higgledy-piggledy fashion in the sides of
the hills "Cerrillo
de la Horca" and Abatel, a name of Arab origin which signifies
"Place of Punishment". In fact until as late as 1502 the Constable
of Navarra had a set gallows maintained there. To the far east
rises the Chapel of Sts. Peter and Paul, built in the 1970's
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The Alcazaba (Citadel): This
neighbourhood consists of the buildings surrounding the citadel, overlooking the Plaza Mayor,
and those which skirt along the Rambla del Carrizal.
Here, until the 1950's there ran a small working mill,
known as "el Molinete". A bridge once joined the neighbourhood
to Plaza Mayor, although it no longer exists due to construction
in the 1950's.
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La Alhanda: Not a neighbourhood as such
but a series of houses next to la Vereda la Zarola, an extension
of the neighbourhood of El Lugar. Most of the land in the area
is made up of little allotments now semi-abandoned due to the the steep
incline of the land.
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Arraz Montarit: This little neighbourhood lies at the heart of
Zújar and is very old.
The whole neighbourhood preserves a distinct Moorish feel
due to its narrow twisting streets and wealth of small alley-ways.
Their hidden nooks and crannies are surrounded by the whitewashed walls of the houses
from whose balconies flourish a myriad of plants and flowers.
The neighbourhood contains excellent examples of traditional 18th
and 19th Century houses.
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Barrio del Angel: With
the Christian Re-conquest it became part of a consecrated area and in the
16th Century the Chapel to which the neighbourhood owes its name - no longer
in existence - was constructed. The neighbourhood began to expand in the middle
of the 20th Century and most of its buildings are less than 25 years old.
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Bogarra Alto: A small but expanding neighbourhood.
It gets its name from the place of the same name upon which it is built.
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Bogarra Bajo: Located at the town's outskirts, this is the name
given to a group of modern buildings lying to the south of the Calle
Parada Herrero road (previously Camino
del Picón) and to the east of the Calle de la
Fuente del Piojo road.
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Caño Jorge: Consisting of both the old stone fountain
and the surrounding neighbourhood it is made up of a mixture of old
Moorish alleys and more recently developed streets.
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Capallón: This neighbourhood is made
up of four very different areas: Capallón
Bajo: buildings which follow the old road from Santa Cruz; Capallón
Alto: an area with a viewpoint affording magnificent views of the landscape
; San Marcos: a collection of buildings and caves looking onto the
Rambla de Zújar, and the Eras de San Marcos: a series of homes surrounding
a square recently constructed around a chapel.
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El Lugar: One of the oldest
neighbourhoods in Zújar.
The neighbourhood, Moorish in style, is made up of small, winding
streets and whitewashed houses, with the typical balconies full of flowers
and sweet smelling plants. At one end can be found one of the oldest remaining fountains : el caño de San Leandro.
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El Nogueral: A recently constructed and scarsely populated neighbourhood.
In full scale development, lies the area of the same name.
To the south rises the Municipal College of Music, which occupies
the buildings of a slaughterhouse built in the 1980īs and which ceased
operation in the 1990's.
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