Nechite
town
Location of Nechite within the province of Granada
Elevation	980 m (3,220 ft)
Time zone	CET

Nechite is an spanish locality belonging in the municipality of nearby Válor, in the province of Granada, in Andalusia. It is situated on the eastern part of the region of Alpujarra Granadina. It is near the villages of Mecina Alfahar, Júbar and Mairena

This village counts with some environmental and landscaping rights since it is located in the natural park of Sierra Nevada. The chestnut stands out as the typical tree in the landscape, some being more than four centuries old.

It is believed that the origin of Nechite is located in the roman era, when locals from Adra followed the Adra River in search of places to farm wich lead them into the south of Sierra Nevada.

Nechite was an independent municipality until it fused with Válor in 1943 and became a district.

Nechite has three neighborhoods: Barrio de la Iglesia (Church Neighborhood), Barrio de Santa Lucía and San Blas.

Also known as "Barrio Antiguo" (Old Neighborhood), this is the main neighborhood and historically the most populated. It has the Church of la Virgen de la Antigua, Nechite's patroness, wich is ubicated within a small square. The school and clinic were ubicated in said square but because of the depopulation of the rural areas Nechite doesn't have education or health services anymore. The festivities are also usually celebrated here.

With a characteristic sight, this neigborhood has a little square with a fountain and a children's playground. The "Fuente del Rojo" is also here.

Being the highest nieghborhood in Nechite, it counts with a big pool wich water comes from the "Acequia Real" that takes water from the Nechite River to said pool in order to water the crops. The grain-floors are also located here.

It is an easy trail of a kilometer and a half of distance wich connects Nechite and Válor conforming a stretch of the much longer GR-7 trail. Since Nechite is higher than valor there's a unevennes of about 100 meters in height.

The Martín Fountain is famous in the area because the water that it gives is of very good quality according to locals. The fountain's name probably comes from the name of the old propietary of the fountain (Martín).^[2] The fountain originally was a spring under the shade of a chestnut but it was moved downhill and completely reformed in 1983.^[2] It was reformed again in 2024.

This other fountain is located in the Santa Lucía neighborhood. It is named the "Red Fountain" because it is stained red, maybe because of the iron in its waters. It is has also been given the name "Manantial del Rojo" ("Red Spring") and "Fuente Colorada".

An old muslim mosque converted into a catholic church. It was built in the early XVI century A.C. but it was destroyed by mores and rebuilt somewhere in the XVII century. It has a mudéjar style. It has a wooden statue of the Virgen de la Antigua, patroness of Nechite.^[3]