Andalusia in Málaga and Seville." Following the Second Rebellion of the Alpujarras in 1568-1571, the Moorish population—that is, unconverted Moriscos—were expelled from Kingdom of Castile (and Aragon). However, by order of the Spanish crown, two Moorish families were required to remain in each village in order to demonstrate to the new inhabitants, introduced from northern Spain, the workings of the terracing and irrigation systems on which the district's agriculture depends. In 1810–12 the people strongly resisted the French occupation during the Peninsular War (part of the Napoleonic Wars). Andalusia profited from the Spanish overseas empire, although much trade and finance eventually
Polo (flamenco palo) for this anthology, singers who knew this song were extremely rare. Since then, it has been recorded by several famous singers, but it has remained in There are several contradictory theories, that have been suggested regarding the origins of the polo and its varieties. The supposed quality of the polo and its pretended quality are but an invention of writers who did not know a word about flamenco singing. Many confused the Spanish or Spanish-American "polo" with the flamenco one, attributing to the latter the popularity of the other (Molina and Mairena [1965] 1979). The following recordings are usually recommended