There are references to
Sierra Nevada since antiquity. Pliny already mentioned in the first century the Mount Solarius existence on the border between the Roman provinces of Hispania of Andalusia and Tarraconense . During the Visigothic period, Isidore Solorio spoke of Mount derived from Oriens mont, mount where the sun shines before leaving. 
Subsequently, several Muslim authors mentioned Sierra Nevada name a Sulayr Jabal (mountain of the sun or air), Tay-al-Jabal (Mount Snow), and others simply mount Sulayr. Other names have been mounted after the Sun, Air and Sun, Snow and Frost Mountains, being from the eighteenth century named the way it is known today: Sierra Nevada.
During the XVI century was the scene of the Revolt of the Alpujarras . Later, the eighteenth century marks the beginning of several expeditions, in which, influenced by the spirit of the Enlightenment , began to systematically explore the mountains. So, stand responsible for the Marqués de la Ensenada , which was followed by other featuring leading scientists, especially botanists, biologists and geologists. They began to describe in their works their important natural heritage. Authors like Washington Irving settled in the vicinity in the nineteenth century.
At the end of that century, Angel Ganivet, the then Consul of Spain in Finland, said in one of his writings that Sierra Nevada could become the Finnish Andalusian snow by the existence of more than 6 months a year. Already in the twentieth century, the British writer and Hispanist Gerald Brenan was also established in the vicinity, dedicating his book South from Granada to immortalize the most significant the counties of Sierra Nevada, Alpujarra .
In 1986, Sierra Nevada was declared a Unesco Biosphere Reserve and Natural Park by the Parliament of Andalusia in 1989 due to the uniqueness of flora, fauna, geomorphology and landscape. Hosted the 24 th World Championship downhill in 1996 . Subsequently, the Regional Parliament of Andalusia proposed designation as a national park, held on January 3 of 1999
Subsequently, several Muslim authors mentioned Sierra Nevada name a Sulayr Jabal (mountain of the sun or air), Tay-al-Jabal (Mount Snow), and others simply mount Sulayr. Other names have been mounted after the Sun, Air and Sun, Snow and Frost Mountains, being from the eighteenth century named the way it is known today: Sierra Nevada. During the XVI century was the scene of the Revolt of the Alpujarras . Later, the eighteenth century marks the beginning of several expeditions, in which, influenced by the spirit of the Enlightenment , began to systematically explore the mountains. So, stand responsible for the Marqués de la Ensenada , which was followed by other featuring leading scientists, especially botanists, biologists and geologists. They began to describe in their works their important natural heritage. Authors like Washington Irving settled in the vicinity in the nineteenth century.
At the end of that century, Angel Ganivet, the then Consul of Spain in Finland, said in one of his writings that Sierra Nevada could become the Finnish Andalusian snow by the existence of more than 6 months a year. Already in the twentieth century, the British writer and Hispanist Gerald Brenan was also established in the vicinity, dedicating his book South from Granada to immortalize the most significant the counties of Sierra Nevada, Alpujarra . In 1986, Sierra Nevada was declared a Unesco Biosphere Reserve and Natural Park by the Parliament of Andalusia in 1989 due to the uniqueness of flora, fauna, geomorphology and landscape. Hosted the 24 th World Championship downhill in 1996 . Subsequently, the Regional Parliament of Andalusia proposed designation as a national park, held on January 3 of 1999
Zenon de Somodevilla and Bengoechea, Marquis of Ensenada (1702-1781) Sources:
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