Rebellion of the Alpujarras

Date: December 18, 1499 • Location: Granada, Spain

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1499–1501.

Muslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism.

Granada is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Darro, the Genil, the Monachil and the Beiro. Ascribed to the Vega de Granada comarca, the city sits at an average elevation of 738 m (2,421 ft) above sea level 50 km from the Mediterranean coast, the Costa Tropical. With a population of 233,532 as of 2024, it is the 20th-largest city in Spain and is an important wine growing region. It was the last Muslim stronghold in Islamic Spain.