Although its Roman origins cannot be proven with certainty, it can be said that it was an Arab estate from the Middle Ages. During the Al-Andalus period, the place was known as Estançihum. During the Nasrid period, it formed part of the Taha de Marchena and was the fief of the al-Nayar family.
With the Christian conquest, at the end of the 15th century, the Catholic Monarchs gave the entire Taha de Marchena to Don Gutierre de Cárdenas y Chacón.
Before the Alpujarras War (1568-1570), Instinción had 90 Moorish inhabitants and two old Christians. After the war, the place was left deserted. It would later be repopulated with 84 inhabitants from Cadiz, Extremadura, Zamora and the Spanish Levante.

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Yulman

November 24, 2022

This pretty village in the Alpujarra of Almería is located in the valley of the Andarax river. Everything indicates that his origins are Muslim.
In its careful profile, the tower of the parish church of San Juan Bautista, from the 16th century, stands out.

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Vincent Reboul

January 3, 2022

The village of Instinción belongs to the region of Valle Medio del Andarax. It is located in the middle of a rugged and irregular landscape, semi-desert except for the irrigated areas devoted to agriculture, in particular to the vineyard.

Thanks to the golden age of the vine, some bourgeois-style houses were built there, although most of the village retains the characteristic appearance of the villages of Almería of Arab origin, dominated by a Mudejar church.

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