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The White Villages of Cadiz - an Archaeological Route

The Sierra de Cadiz, constituted by 19 Period and the Medieval Period.
townships, is a region full of natural, The Prehistoric Route is formed by the
environmental, cultural, historical, and visits to the funeral assemblages dated
anthropological resources. The so-called between the fourth and the second
White Villages offer us a wide range of Millennium B.C., between the end of the
unparalleled tourist possibilities. The Neolithic and the beginnings of the
colour of its rough geography, the Bronce Ages, such as the Alberite Dolmen
whiteness and brightness of its streets, in Villamarin, the El Charcon Dolmen in
the greenness of its natural spaces, the El Gastor, Tomillos Dolmens in Alcala del
location of its towns and the history Valle and the Prehistoric Necropolis of
transmitted through every spot and its Fuente de Ramos in Puerto Serrano.
most prized possession.... its people! In the Roman-Iberian route we can visit
The Sierra de Cadiz has been inhabited the city of Sierra de Aznar in Arcos de
and visited from the most distant times la Frontera with its striking 'Castellum
and it has contemplated the passing of Aquae', the Roman-Iberian cities of Ocuri
numerous peoples, cultures and different in Ubrique, Carissa Aurelia in Espera and
ways of living and thinking. From the Saepo in the so-called Cerro de la
Palaeolithic to the present day la sierra Botinera in Algodonales.
has welcomed amidst its striking The Medieval route includes many villages
geographic and environmental resources, of the Frontier between Christians and
all those who have chosen it as a home, Muslims, like the medieval village of
dwelling, refuge or frontier. That's why Zahara de la Sierra, Olvera's stronghold,
such a beautiful and spectacular the Great Wall of Torre-Alhaquime, the
landscape hides a treasure, the traces of Barrio Nazari in Benaocaz and the paved
our ancestors, our historical memory. roads on Villaluega del Rosario and
Remains of towns, settlements, cities, Grazalema.
strongholds, villages, roads and paths Apart from the archaeological resources
exhibit nowadays a huge and rich cultural the area also offers two extraordinary
legacy represented in a substantial Natural Parks: Grazalema and Los
number of archaeological sites spread all Alcornocales. The Sierra de Grazalema is
around the regional geography. The located between the Andalusian provinces
archaeological route of the white of Cadiz and Malaga and it houses an
villages is addressed to a public that is important relict wooded-patch of Spanish
respectful to the patrimony and thirsty fir, a tree that has become a symbol of
for knowledge and discoveries. these mountains. The entire territory of
In the district of El Bosque, entrance to the Sierra de Grazalema Nature Park was
the Natural Park of Sierra de Grazalema, declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in
you can visit the Centre of 1977. And Between the Sierra de Grazalema
Interpretation of the Archaeological and Punta de Tarifa, stand a series of
Route of the White Villages. The middle-sized mountains whose interior
Archaeological Route is divided in three houses Natural Park Los Alcornocales, the
sub-routes based on the three periods in 'kingdom of the cork oak' which is the
which la Sierra enjoyed its most most important formation on the Iberian
considerable historic prominence: The Peninsula.
Prehistoric Period, the Roman-Iberian




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