The White Villages of Cadiz - an Archaeological Route

The Sierra de Cadiz, constituted by 19				Period.
townships, is a region full of natural,
environmental, cultural, historical, and				The Prehistoric Route is formed by the visits
anthropological resources. The so-called				to the funeral assemblages dated between the
White Villages offer us a wide range of				fourth and the second Millennium B.C.,
unparalleled tourist possibilities. The				between the end of the Neolithic and the
colour of its rough geography, the whiteness				beginnings of the Bronce Ages, such as the
and brightness of its streets, the greenness				Alberite Dolmen in Villamarin, the El Charcon
of its natural spaces, the location of its				Dolmen in El Gastor, Tomillos Dolmens in
towns and the history transmitted through				Alcala 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 and				In the Roman-Iberian route we can visit the
visited from the most distant times and it				city of Sierra de Aznar in Arcos de la
has contemplated the passing of numerous				Frontera with its striking 'Castellum Aquae',
peoples, cultures and different ways of				the Roman-Iberian cities of Ocuri in Ubrique,
living and thinking. From the Palaeolithic to				Carissa Aurelia in Espera and Saepo in the
the present day la sierra has welcomed amidst				so-called Cerro de la Botinera in
its striking geographic and environmental				Algodonales.
resources, all those who have chosen it as a
home, dwelling, refuge or frontier. That's				The Medieval route includes many villages of
why such a beautiful and spectacular				the Frontier between Christians and Muslims,
landscape hides a treasure, the traces of our				like 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 paths				del Rosario and Grazalema.
exhibit nowadays a huge and rich cultural
legacy represented in a substantial number of				Apart from the archaeological resources the
archaeological sites spread all around the				area also offers two extraordinary Natural
regional geography. The archaeological route				Parks: Grazalema and Los Alcornocales. The
of the white villages is addressed to a				Sierra de Grazalema is located between the
public that is respectful to the patrimony				Andalusian 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 the				of these mountains. The entire territory of
Natural Park of Sierra de Grazalema, you can				the Sierra de Grazalema Nature Park was
visit the Centre of Interpretation of the				declared 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 three				Punta de Tarifa, stand a series of
sub-routes based on the three periods in				middle-sized mountains whose interior houses
which la Sierra enjoyed its most considerable				Natural 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 Medieval				formation on the Iberian Peninsula.

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