Sierro looks through the lens again: SierroFoto holds its fourth edition from 2 to 4 October
From 2 to 4 October, Sierro hosts the fourth edition of SierroFoto, the international seminar on photography and documentary film. Registration costs €15.
Almanzora Valley · Almería
News from Sierro
An Andalusí castle, covered passageways and SierroFoto, the international documentary photography seminar in the Sierra de los Filabres.
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Sierro to get a hostel: PFEA renovates the municipal warehouse and brings over 1,100 days’ work to the village
The PFEA rural employment programme is investing €155,000 in Sierro and generating more than 1,100 days’ work: gardens, tracks, the cemetery and…
Almanzora Valley · Almería
About Sierro
Sierro, with 364 inhabitants (INE, 2025), lies in the Upper Almanzora, in the heart of the Sierra de los Filabres, and part of its land is within the Calares de Sierra de los Filabres Special Area of Conservation. Its name is thought to come from the Latin «serra», mountain range.
Its castle, an Islamic-period fortress with a double enclosure, a cistern and a tower, was restored in 2011 and can be visited. Its narrow streets keep covered passageways, or tinaos, such as Calle del Porche, where the sun never reaches the cobblestones. The village hosts SierroFoto, an international documentary photography seminar.
On 20 January it honours San Sebastián, its patron saint, but the main fiestas, with Moors and Christians, have been held in September since 1934, when the brotherhood decided to escape the winter cold. May brings the San Isidro pilgrimage and November its Mushroom Days.
On this page you will find all the news from Sierro: local news, culture, fiestas and its people. Neighbouring towns: Suflí, Laroya and Bacares.