4 reasons to visit Arboleas

Here are 4 reasons to discover Arboleas. This municipality is located in the Valle del Almanzora.

Arboleas town that is located on the right bank of the Almanzora river, located on its fertile plain that is irrigated with the waters of the river and the immediate springs. They say that in past centuries tasty trout was caught in its crystalline waters, which moved more than a dozen flour mills settled in as many villages located along its course.

We start by visiting, and especially art lovers, we cannot miss visiting the Pedro Gilabert Museum, which is dedicated to the brilliant naive artist Pedro Gilabert, born in Arboleas in 1915. The permanent collection is made up of more than 140 sculptures carved in olive wood by the artist.

In addition to 2 permanent exhibition halls, the museum has an assembly hall and 2 traveling exhibition halls. Thanks to these facilities, the Pedro Gilabert Museum has an extensive program of temporary exhibitions throughout the year, serves as a stage for traveling exhibitions organized by other institutions and hosts different cultural activities in the municipality and the region.

We must not miss an interesting hamlet on which its Parish Church of Santiago stands out as a building of greatest interest, a work built in the second half of the 19th century, in an eclectic style.

It receives the name of Santiago Apóstol, although the Patron is San Roque. Built in the mid-19th century by the architects López Rull and Ortiz de Villejos in the neoclassical style. It has three oculi typical of Gothic architecture as well as its cover that presents arches inward. Between the central and lateral naves, iron columns imitating marble are placed. This detail shows traces of modernity due to the iron mines and the appearance of various local foundry industries. Its dome is half orange that is placed on top of the transept, whose purpose is to give light to the Church. In its altars, golden details typical of the Baroque stand out.