It is the name of a municipality in Spain. It belongs to the Province of Almería (Comarca de Los Filabres-Tabernas), Andalusia. It is a very mountainous area. Initially it was a Roman camp, called Apricius or Lauricius. It has also been called Laurisana or Lauricena. The name is of Latin origin (meaning that it comes from Abruzzo, the region of northern Italy or that resembles it because of the mountainousness)
