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The White Villages of Cadiz - an Archaeological Route

The Sierra de Cadiz, constituted by 19Prehistoric Period, the Roman-Iberian
townships, is a region full of natural,Period and the Medieval Period.
environmental, cultural, historical, andThe Prehistoric Route is formed by the
anthropological resources. The so-calledvisits to the funeral assemblages dated
White Villages offer us a wide range ofbetween the fourth and the second
unparalleled tourist possibilities. TheMillennium B.C., between the end of the
colour of its rough geography, theNeolithic and the beginnings of the
whiteness and brightness of its streets,Bronce Ages, such as the Alberite Dolmen
the greenness of its natural spaces, thein Villamarin, the El Charcon Dolmen in
location of its towns and the historyEl Gastor, Tomillos Dolmens in Alcala
transmitted through every spot and itsdel Valle and the Prehistoric Necropolis
most prized possession.... its people!of Fuente de Ramos in Puerto Serrano.
The Sierra de Cadiz has been inhabitedIn the Roman-Iberian route we can visit
and visited from the most distant timesthe city of Sierra de Aznar in Arcos de
and it has contemplated the passing ofla Frontera with its striking 'Castellum
numerous peoples, cultures and differentAquae', the Roman-Iberian cities of
ways of living and thinking. From theOcuri in Ubrique, Carissa Aurelia in
Palaeolithic to the present day laEspera and Saepo in the so-called Cerro
sierra has welcomed amidst its strikingde la Botinera in Algodonales.
geographic and environmental resources,The Medieval route includes many
all those who have chosen it as a home,villages of the Frontier between
dwelling, refuge or frontier. That's whyChristians and Muslims, like the
such a beautiful and spectacularmedieval village of Zahara de la Sierra,
landscape hides a treasure, the tracesOlvera's stronghold, the Great Wall of
of our ancestors, our historical memory.Torre-Alhaquime, the Barrio Nazari in
Remains of towns, settlements, cities,Benaocaz and the paved roads on
strongholds, villages, roads and pathsVillaluega del Rosario and Grazalema.
exhibit nowadays a huge and richApart from the archaeological resources
cultural legacy represented in athe area also offers two extraordinary
substantial number of archaeologicalNatural Parks: Grazalema and Los
sites spread all around the regionalAlcornocales. The Sierra de Grazalema is
geography. The archaeological route oflocated between the Andalusian provinces
the white villages is addressed to aof Cadiz and Malaga and it houses an
public that is respectful to theimportant relict wooded-patch of Spanish
patrimony and thirsty for knowledge andfir, a tree that has become a symbol of
discoveries.these mountains. The entire territory of
In the district of El Bosque, entrancethe Sierra de Grazalema Nature Park was
to the Natural Park of Sierra dedeclared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO
Grazalema, you can visit the Centre ofin 1977. And Between the Sierra de
Interpretation of the ArchaeologicalGrazalema and Punta de Tarifa, stand a
Route of the White Villages. Theseries of middle-sized mountains whose
Archaeological Route is divided in threeinterior houses Natural Park Los
sub-routes based on the three periods inAlcornocales, the 'kingdom of the cork
which la Sierra enjoyed its mostoak' which is the most important
considerable historic prominence: Theformation on the Iberian Peninsula.



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