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On
the outskirts of BENAOJÁN there is a complex of caves
with pre-historic importance, such as the Pileta which was declared
a National Monument of Cave Art in 1924 for the quantity, quality
and oldness of its pictorial samples. The Pileta cave is three kilometres
away from the town and was discovered in 1911 by the Englishman
Verner, and the archaeologists who studied and established the eras
of the geometric and figurative paintings were also foreigners.
The other grotto, of notable archaeological interest, is the Hundidero-El
Gato cave, that in its day guarded a very rich site which was totally
plundered.The caves of Alfaque, Cancho, la Cabaña, Camarín, La Higuereta
etc. are of archaeological interest and as a scenic view point there
are places like Las Montillas, la Sierra de Grazalema and la Torre
de Moro.
The
city of ANTEQUERA, its historic complex, is simply the combination
of its historical past, manifest in a rich art collection composed
by more than half a hundred monuments and singular buildings of
religious and civil architecture which start in the Bronze Age and
end in the 18th century. It is hard to describe, in just a few lines,
the centuries of history that contemplate dolmens, collegiate churches,
churches, convents, palaces, arches, doors, castle and citadel,
chapels, stately houses, mansions and the urban stretch. As so many
towns have passed by, especially Roman and Muslim, and remain integrated
in the Corona de Castilla, the city grows Renaissance and Baroque,
this being the last period which marks it the most, leaving great
architectural and urbanistic works.
In
MOLLINA, in the Cortijo de Santillán, we visit the
castle of Capiruzón, the only fort in Andalucia with these characteristics.
Our sightseeing tours ends at ALAMEDA, where we visit the Roman
thermal baths.
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