Ojen

( Málaga Province - Spain)

Ojen is a typical Andalucian white town,
lying between the Sierra Alpujata and the Sierra Blanca (behind Marbella).
The jewel of the area is El Juanar Valley, an area of immense natural beauty.

The village itself is surrounded by orchards.
It still retains its original Arabic layout,
with houses built on different levels to accommodate the mountainside
on which they stand, and is considered to be
one of the most beautiful in the province.
Relics of its past include the remains of Solis Castle
and the Mudejar-style Our Lady’s Church.

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Ojen dates back to the Andalusi-Arabic period,
when it was known as Oxen or Hoxan, meaning “rugged place”.

Records tell us that in front of the village walls (now gone) Abderraman III’s
troops fought with the muladíes (Christian converts to Islam)
led by Omar Ben Hafsun in rebellion against the dominance of the Emirate of Cordoba.
Having defeated the muladíes, Caliph Abderraman III ordered the building of a mosque
as evidence of Moslem supremacy over Christian converts.

Following the village’s capture by troops loyal to the Catholic Monarchs,
one hundred moriscos (Moslem converts to Christianity)
and four Christians remained, all of whom were employed in agriculture.
However, by the mid 16th century, the moriscos had grown tired of the abusive taxes
and encouraged by the inhabitants of Istan,
set fire to the village and its church and fled to the Alpujarra region.
By the end of the same century, the village was practically abandoned.

It was repopulated in 1600 by settlers from La Roda de Andalucia

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