The village is divided by a ravine into two parts, Zembrón and Beires. Both have preserved the characteristic architecture of the villages of the Alpujarra. Whitewashed flat-roofed houses, which are built on terraces on the hillside, from which the Mudejar-style church stands out.
The village is literally divided by the Barranco del Nacimiento into two halves: Zambrón and Beires. A bridge crosses the Barranco del Nacimiento, the construction of which took between 1682 and 1715. According to the 1991 census, this village is the smallest in the province, with just over 100 inhabitants.
The origin is unknown. All that is known is that with the conquest of the Catholic Monarchs, the inhabitants stayed in the village and kept their property. After the Moorish revolt in 1570, they were expelled and their confiscated belongings became the property of the new inhabitants, old Christians.
The main source of income had always been agriculture, especially grapes, almonds and oil. At the beginning of the century, mining began. The mineral was transported by cable to the Doña María y Ocaña station, but in the 1970s mining activity had to be stopped.
During the festivities of San Roque, on August 16, among other things, a trip is made to the Fuente del Nacimiento to bathe and, according to the old tradition, to "mojar el rosco" (immerse the wreath).