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The White Villages of Cadiz - an Archaeological Route

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



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