VILLAGES IN THE AREA OF RONDA

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ALCALÁ DEL VALLE

From Cadiz locality placed in the Route of the White Peoples(villages), closely together of the limit with the province of Malaga. Its foundation has its origin in the surrender of the Moors of Setenil in 1484 to the Kings Católicos. Some of the neighbors requested a permission of the king Fernando to remain to living in the proximities of that place. Its principal productive activity centres on the cereals, vineyards and olive groves. It possesses flour and oil-mills, ranching and spiced pork sausages. Prominent monuments are the Church of Santa Maria of the Valley, of baroque style, the convent of Holy Tubes, to 6 km, the hermitage of the Gentleman of the Mercy, the Set of dolmens located in the Pasture of the Thyme, to 5 km of the locality, Roman city of the Big Source. Holidays: Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Holy Tubes, on May 1, San Roque's fair, On August 15, Holy Week.

ALGATOCÍN

Located at the side of a mountain called “El tajo de la Cima”, under the old way from Ronda to Gibraltar. It has got a natural water source called “Salitre”, formerly called “Matanza”.
It has got a church of the 16th century with baroque style chapels inside, due to the reformation of the church made at the 17th century. There can also be seen rests of a Iberian-Roman setlement.
The Patron Saint's Fair are made in honour to St. Francisco and the Virgin of the Rosary, in october, 4th to 7th, as well as the Pilgrimage of St. Isidro in may 15th and the Fair of St. John in june, 24th

ALMARGEN

Almargen might come from the Arab "Almarxen" that means " both meadows ". Its population of approximately 2.000 inhabitants devotes herself essentially to the agriculture and the ranching, being to approximately 100 kilometres of the capital of the province Malaga for highway, though this endowed one with good combinations so much ferreous as the easy access to good highways so much regional as natives. Of special interest for the visitor they are its Church and the Plaza of the village, where it will be able to enjoy the real environment that is lived in a small but hospitable like this population.

ALPANDEIRE

Mr. Diego Vázquez Otero, native of Alpandeire, bill brings over of the existence in the Hill of the Little castle of a few caves that had should to have been occupied by the man in some moment of the prehistory. There are dolmens inside the municipal term as that of Drunk Oaks and that of Hunter. Also one speaks about a population named Ambareg, on which very certain information is not had and of the fortress placed in the same Hill of the Little castle. There have been situated graves and mummies, which correspond to a man and to a woman, guarded in the parochial church and that remain in perfect condition, for the adjacent places to this settlement and fortress. The construction of the current village, Alpandeire or Pandeire, as figure in other texts, takes place on the year 711, being one of the first cities built by the Muslims in the mountainous country rondeña. Afterwards, Hamet the Zegri was sheltered in its fortress from where it was monitoring the assaults of the capital of the Mountainous country, Ronda.

After Alpandeire's conquest, it is important to mention Felipe's III pragmatics ordering to populate Pandeire and its Pospitar and Audalazar's annexes depopulated after the expulsion of the Moriscos. The most relevant personage of the villa was Monk Leopoldo de Alpandeire, Francisco Tomás Márquez Sanchez and born June 24, 1864, which was done famous as charitable Capuchin by Andalusian lands, especially in Granada. He died on February 9, 1956.

ARRIATE

Its name comes from an small arab setlement called Arriadh, which means "the gardens". It is an independent village since 1661. By appointment of the Pope Clement VI it has got to make a procession with the Holy Sacrament at june, 29th, day of St. Peter, celebrating a Fair dedicated to this Saint at june, 28th to 30th. It celebrates the event of "Partir la Vieja" (to break the old woman) the first day of Lent and also St. Valentin at febrary, 14th.
It is also remarkable its Holy Week as well as certain songs singed some sundays. They are called "auroreros", sung by men with bells as instrumetns, who, following an ancient tradition, walk through the streets singing in honour to the Virgin.
The village produces oil, cold cuts, furniture and leather saddlery. The streets are painted in white making a typical image, in part with separated groups of houses around the fields.

ATAJATE

Catch you it is placed to 745 meters on the level of the sea between the valleys of the Guadiaro and of the Genal, close to the highway that joins Round and Algeciras. In spite of to occupy a high situation, this small village occupies a soft water-course opened to the Valley of the Genal, between Peñasblancas's beak (1.076 m.) and the Hill of the Raven (782 m.), the latter together with the village. On the roofs of the houses stands out powerfully the silhouette of its church. A landscape in which the olive groves, vineyards and fields of cereal coexist with the oaks, blockheads and bushes, which they cover in rodales and bosquetes the zones it gets off the limy reliefs of the environment. Though for the axes found in some close caverns it seems that the man was already for these places from very ancient and also the Romans left coins and ceramics that attest its presence, the origin is Arabic. The original nucleus settled itself in the nearby Hill of the Raven and for its frontier position between the kingdoms Moors of Seville and Granada, one should have possessed castle and fortifications in time of the Arabs. Hereinafter also an important role played in the struggles between Moors and Christians given its strategic situation between Ronda and Gaucín. Today they stay in foot it divides from the walls of the former church forming a part of the cemetery. During the War of the Independence, in the century XIX, the village was destroyed by the Napoleonic troops and later it was converted into bandits' refuge.

BENADALID

The name of the village comes from the name of the arab tribe Banu-Jalid, which lived at that place. It is a village with lots of arab style architecture, like the arab castle, later belonging to the Count of Feria (who had the village as his domain) and actually being the cementery. It has got a square ground with cylindrical towers. Benadalid was conquered by the Christians in 1485. Near the village there can be seen the rests of another arab setlement called Benamaya.
It celebrates the Fair in honour of its Patron Saint St. Isidoro at august, from 27th to 29th, with traditional fights between the arab and christian troups. It is also famous the festivity of the Corpus Christi with an exhibition of wonderful street altars, stopping the procession at each of them. It is also remarkable the celebration of the Day of the Cross, on may, 1st. It os also famous the Fair of arabs and christians.
It produces cherries, white figs, honey and olives.

BENALAURÍA

 This village situated in the skirt of a saw known with the name of Tagus of the sic where there is born a so called creek of the Olive tree. From its bigger height there is discovered the Crag of Gibraltar and Ceuta; it is attacked principally by the winds N. and O. that do its cold, humid climate in winter and warmly in summer, though healthy enough. Its production is based on the maize, barley, wheat, sumach and wine, which turned into unmatured brandy, for which there are 6 factories in this villa, esporta to the field of Gibraltar. A holiday is celebrated the day of Our Lady of August. It dates back of Arabic epoch. Its name like that reveals it, Ben Al Auría, who comes to mean children of Auria, which probably was one of so many chiefs who attacked in our Mountainous country, or more concretly, someone of four hundred riders of Ben Al Jali's tribes (Benadalid), head at the time of this region, which decided the entry about that of Round of the first one emir independently about Abderramán ". Immediately after the conquest of Round, the Kings Católicos ordered the Marquess of Cadiz it was needing the surrender of seventeen villas and villages that were depending on Gaucín, which removed to effect without great resistance, they proceeding to the allotment of the houses and homesteads, to the new settlers.

BENAOJÁN

It was an important arab setlement named Ben Aoxan, which means "Baker's house".
Its main economic resources are cattle raising, almonds and olive trees.It has also an important cold cuts industry with a good rate of sales inside the country as well as exports to foreign countries. At the village's expanse is locate the famous cave of "La Pileta" as well as one of the entrances to the spectacular cave of the Cat, well known because of its speleological interest. It is also conserved the old road to Gibraltar. It is also remarkable the church, founded at the 16th century, restored, and with a nave containing a lace framework.
The Fair takes place at april, 25th, day of St. Marcos. The first sunday of may takes place the pilgrimage of the God's Son to the orchard and at october, 7th, is celebrated the Virgin of the Rosary.
It has got a railway station at 2km from the village, at litle setlement near the river, with attractive tourist services.

BENARRABÁ

There is not had news of the epoch of its foundation, though it is supposed that it had its origin with the Benimerines the same as its denomination, children of Rabbah. The village spreads over the hillside of the mount Porón, in which top it was a castle that atalayaba numerous settlements of the zone as Gaucín, Jubrique, Genalguacil, Algatocín, etc. One tells the legend that the above mentioned castle was communicating subterráneamente with Gaucín's fortresses and You Will Marry.

Of the most notable anniversary of which news is had it is the expedition that the ninth duke of Medina Sidonia, don Gaspar Alonso Perez of Guzmán (Benarrabá was concerning to the dominion of Medina Sidonia), realized in 1636 to Montilla to gather his wife dona Juana Fernandez of Cordova, whom it had married for power. It is read in a document preserved in Benarrabá: " the above mentioned Duke Prepared a trip of which he had not seemed in the whole region. It was on April 27, Saturday of Gloria of the above mentioned year of Grace 1636. Servants' great number of the House was appearing illuminating the shows of way, all goings to and fro of silver and gold, with big wealths in armament, tahalíes and golden chains.

CAÑETE LA REAL

Its history begins with the Phoenicians, documented by some rests located at the Peñón de Sabora. Later it was called Flavia Savora at the Roman age and Hisn Cannit at the arab domain age. It became Christian in 1407, when the village was conquered by Lord Fernando el de Antequera, which is told several times in the Midle Age Chronics.
It conserves important rests of the old castle, which are actually at a restoration process. The church, dedicated to St. Sebastian, was started to build in 1417 at has got a nice stone façade.
There is fishing at the rivers Corbones and Guadalteba and hunting at their mountains. Its agriculture is rich at cereals, olive trees and sunflowers, as well as cattle, most of them being cows, goats and pigs.
Its Fair take place in january, 20th and august, 13th, in honour to the Patron Saint the Virgin of the Holy Spouts, celebrated also the third sunday of september.

CARTAJIMA

It is a village belonging to the Genal Valley, and it was called Zariat al Gima at the arab age. Its average altitude is the highest of all Ronda's region, enjoying of an spectacular landscape. At its expanse there can be seen prehistoric stone masses making curious forms and known as "Los Riscos de Cartajima".
Recently, lots of rests belonging to the Roman age have been found. It has got the title of village since 1814, given by appointment of the King Ferdinand VII.
The Patron Saint Fair is celebrated at august, form 14th to 16th, in honour of the Virgin of the Rosary. It celebrates also the Festive day of the Courtesy at Easter Sunday.
Most part of the trees of this area consists of holm oaks, chestnut trees and cork oaks, consisting the fauna mainly of foxes, partridges, rabbits and birds of prey. There are fishing at the Genal River, passing through Cartajima few distance after its birth at the neighbour village of Igualeja. It was also rich at wineyards, but the illness of the filoxwera at the beginning of the 19th century destroyed that richness.

CORTES DE LA FRONTERA

During the centuries XI and XII to. Of J.C., they came to what today is Spanish Parliament, Phoenician expeditions, which faced with the tartesios, to which they defeated, remaining seated in this zone and contributing numerous agricultural and commercial practices. Spent three centuries, there came the Greeks, rivals of the former settlers as for the exploitation of the trade. But its situation was insecure due to the fact that almost all the nearby coasts were in power of the Carthaginians. The Greek settling, since in the rest of Andalusia there lasted a little time, which did not prevent the vigorous impulse that they gave to the civilization in all the orders.

The village that more vestiges has stopped in Spanish Parliament belongs to the Roman, of whom it takes even its name, which means bastion or cuirass. Of its stay they give I bear witness to the remains of temples, monuments, statues, bridges and aqueducts, and even an important population of big dimensions, Saepona, who is to approximately eight kilometres of Spanish Parliament current and the ruins of Spanish Parliament the Old man, to approximately two kilometres, placed in a hillside of the saw Blanquilla, from where there controls itself the year of the river Guadiaro. Spanish Parliament and its region was supported almost the whole century independent from the kings visigodos. Past this time the Byzantine ones settled himself here and where they remained until the century VII, in which the authority was done absolute visigoda

From many heights that make a detour to the villa it is possible to to see the scene in which place took the battle between the army Arab - Berber and the visigodo in the year 711 and of that the Moslem troops would go out victorious. Spanish Parliament it would be of the first occupied villages, being established a pacific living together that should last more than seven centuries and that has left an incalculable inheritance, especially in the lexicon, though they respected the Latin name. Between the illustrious men of the epoch stands out Almanzor, the victorious one, which was possessing numerous lands in Spanish Parliament. After his its death, the villa had a roughlife, happening of the Sevillian kingdom to the native of Granada, and up to in some epoch.

It was conquered on December 22, 1248 in a campaign of the king San Fernando. Returned to conquer for the Muslims, it happened to depend with all its Mozarabic population of the kingdom of Granada. The Marquess of Cadiz, don Rodrigo Ponce of León, did its entry in Spanish Parliament in name of the Kings Católicos about the year 1485. The current emplacement is of the 17th century, epoch in which importance starts acquiring the exploitation of the cork, which still today continues being one of his principal wealths. It has Fairs and Holidays in San Roque's honor and San Sebastian from March 19 to March 23.

CUEVAS DEL BECERRO

It was conquered by the King Alfonso XI for the Christian Kingdom, later it was an arab's domain and finally it belonged to the Kingdom of Castille under the domain of the Catholic Monarchs after a new conquest. The church of St. Antonio Abad was founded at 1595.
At the hills over the village there can be seen the rests of fortresses of different times. One of them, with an altitude of 958 metres, is called by the natives "El Castillón" (the hughe castle). From the ancient Roman setlement is conserved a ceramics oven.
The local Fairs are celebrated at january, 17th, celebrating St. Antonio Abad's day, and at may, 15th, celebrating St. isidro Labrador's day, with a pilgrimage dedicated to him. The fair, celebrated formerly on january, is actually celebrated on september, 3rd.
Cuevas del Becerro is an agriculture and cattle raising village. It produces a good goat cheese and also wheat, oil, sunflowers, chickpeas and several and fine sweets, being the best of them the ones known as "sighs".

EL BURGO

With a stable number of approximately 2.000 inhabitants, El Burgo, constitutes one of the most beautiful doors towards the Nature reserve of the Saw of the Snow, its inhabitants devote itself fundamentally to the agriculture (Oil, almonds, chick-peas, etc ...), and to the ranching, as well as to the manufacture of shoes and boots of leather, carpets, works in esparto, etc... Of its history there remain important remains of former Roman fortifications, which later happened to be Arabs. In the Port of the Stone pavements we will be able to contemplate the remains of the former Roman causeway between Acinipo and Malaga, as well as burials of the epoch visigoda.
Since in the whole zone one of the places that we will not be able to stop visiting is its church, " The Church of the Incarnation " of the century XVI.Así himself we will not be able to leave The Burgo without visiting " Convent of the Snow ", declared as Bién of Cultural Interest, dating back of the year 1.550. This population is native of of some of the most important prominent figures of the zone since it they are the bandit " Long Steps ", considered the last one of the Mountainous country of Round and of the Commander Benítez, hero in the war of Africa.

FARAJÁN

It is located at the right side of the river Genal, being its limits the villages of Alpandeire, Júzcar, Jubrique and Atajate.
The name comes from the arab "Farra-ján" and means happy, full of joy. It is a mountain village, which means that is dedicated more to the cattle raising, specially goats and pigs, rather han to the agriculture, although there are lots of chestnuts trees. A lot of minor hunting can also be found. The church, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, was founded in 1505 and reformed in the 18th century, being rebuilt later.Other interesting places are the church of St. Sebastian, the Carmelite's Convent and the Chapel of the Sacred Child. The village has got the archaeological site of el Romeral, as well as rests of the ancient arab setlements of Balastar, Chicar, Majada del Juez and others.
It celebrates a Fair in honour of St. Sebastian in august, from 5th to 7th. The Holy Week is also remarkable, specially the procession of Jesus of Medinaceli and the Virgin of the Pains.

GAUCÍN

Its name comes from the arab name Gair-Guazan, which means "strong rock" The village is located at the side of the mount Hacho. From that point can be seen the Strait and the Mount of Gibraltar, Ceuta, and, by the north side, the mountain range of Ronda. Over the houses can be seen the Eagle's castle, first a Roman and afterwards an arab fortress, being one of the main fortresses during the wars between arabs and christians, specially at the known as the Strait's battle. Next to its walls died the famous captain Alonso Pérez de Guzmán (Guzmán the Good), Tarifa's hero. Gaucin was also an important place at the time of the war against Napoleon.
It has got an extense vegetation full of cork oaks, chestnut trees, pines and holm oaks, as well as lots of pasture land.The cattle raising is also important, specially concerning cows, sheeps and pigs. It has also sources of different kinds of mineral water.
The village has got nice architecture examples at its buildings, with lots of 16th and 17th century forging at its balconies and windows. It is advisable to visit the Six Spouts Fountain of 1628. The Carmelite's Convent was built at the 18th century. The Patron Saint is the Virgin of the Snows, but, in fact, the Patron Saint is the sculpture of Jesus Child, conserved as a gift made by St. Juan de Dios to the village at 1540. It celebrates the festive day of the Virgin of the Snows the second week of august, Fair in honour of Jesus Child in September, 7th and 8th and the St. John's pilgrimage in June, 23th.

GENALGUACIL

Its name comes from the arab word Genna-AIwacir, which means "the minister's garden". Together with Gaucín, Benalauría and Jubrique it has got one of the most rainy weathers of the whole region, having an annual average rain of 1.180 l/m². Among its spectacular geography it is remarkable the Mount of the Reales, with an altitude of 1.449 metres and only 8 kilometres from the sea far away.
At its environment there can be found rests of the arab dissapeared setlements of Benastepar and Benamejí. It has got more than hundred sources of water. At the one called "Los Monteros" nine mortars made of stone and used for mineral searching where found, which shows that at the area could be found some time ago lots of gold and silver.The most important agriculture products are the ones taken from the olive trees. It is also rich at cork and sparto grass, making chairs made of this material. The sweets made at Genalguacil are also appreciated. The cattle raising is important, specially pigs and goats. Barbels can be fished at the Genal river. It has got one of the biggest Spanish Fir tree forests of the whole Mountain Range of Ronda.
The Fair is celebrated on february, 2nd, The Virgin of La Candelaria's day, and on april, 29th, festive day of St. Peter of Verona.

IGUALEJA

This village places to 18 km. Of Round. It is in the deepest of the glen where there is born the river Genal. It is not visible from any other village. The boxed of its location and the lack of area stops to construct has done that its houses receive an unusual height in the region. Nowadays Igualeja is possibly the first producer of chestnuts of the region, especially because it is a property of igualejeños great extension of chestnut groves of similar terms. There is a cooperative society of the chestnut of great tradition. Also increase has taken important the pertaining to meat industry and of sausages.

Its production is based on wheat, maize, vegetables, some fruits and unmatured brandy; baby goats and it hunts partridges and rabbits galore, besides it previously described. According to the only information that could have been compiled it seems to be that Igualeja's municipality was located during the Arabic epoch in the cora or Takuranda's province and hereinafter from the conquest of the Kings Católicos, Don Juan concerned to the jurisdiction of Round as dominion of the Infante. To the death of this one it went on to the widow and after the death of the same one, revirtió to to Wreath, without news later is had to happiness it dates

JIMERA DE LÍBAR

It has got a railway station at the line from Bobadilla to Algeciras.
The village is rich at orchards and fruit trees, with enough water for its growth given by the river Guadiaro, crossing the town with lots of water on its caudal.
The arabs called this place Inz-Almaraz and later the name changed to Ximera.
Due to the fact of having a smooth clima and of being a very quiet place, it's since long time an ideal place for holidays and excursions.
Next to the church is located one tower which was formerly the minaret of a mosque.
It celebrates its Fair in August on the second sunday in honour to its Patron Saint The Virgin of the Health and celebrates also a pilgrimage at the beginning of June.

Igualeja's shield stamped of sunflower consists of a bridge of one only eye in gilding, mazonado of saber on waves of silver and azure, surmontado of two golden houses clarified of azure, put in strip in the flanks, all this on field of azure. Igualeja has employer holidays from August 29 to September 2, in San Gregorio Magno's honor and Santa Rosa of Lima. Also it(he,she) celebrates the so called holiday of " Bull of Fire ". They are famous the "steps" of Holy Week with scenic representations of the Passion, in which, with a rich wardrobe, more than 60 persons take part.

JUBRIQUE

Located at a deep valley watered by the Genal river, its main production consists on chestnuts and orchard products.
It has got also cattle, mainly goats and porks. Minor hunting and fishing like barbels and trouts can be also found. Formerly and at its mountains lived Spanish Ibex, wild pigs and badgers. It had got also wine and eau-de-vie cellars and, at some specific places, rests of gold, copper and lapis lazuli could be found.
The church of St. Francisco was formerly an arab mosque. It organizes an important pilgrimage on june, 24th, festive day of St. John, and celebrates a Fair in honour of St. Francisco on october, 4th.

JÚZCAR

It is located at the Genal River's valley, at the bottom of the Jarastepar mountain, which an altitude of more than 1.400 metres. Its natural frontier are the towns of Ronda, Cartajima, Pujerra, Benahavís, Estepona, Faraján and Alpandeire.
Its main production consists of chestnuts, having got also some olive trees and orchards.
It has got minor hunting and trouts and barbels can be fished.
It celebrates its Fair on august, from 24th to 26th in honour to the Virgin of Moclon.

MONTECORTO

Montecorto is an urban setlement belongin for administration purposes to Ronda.
Its main activities are the agriculture witth some cold cuts industry, making there the best products of this kind.
At that place had to exist one paleolitic industry workshop, as proofed by the rests of lots of axes, knifes, etc, which can be found without digging to deep. It has got also important prehistoric graves and a white, clean and attractive architecture.
Next to the village is located the castle-fortress of Audita, which was destroyed, as well as the town of Montecorto, ordered by the Catholic Monarchs when theey conquered the village.

MONTEJAQUE

Its limits are the towns of Benaojan and Ronda. It was formerly an arab village and its name comes from the word Montexaquez, which means "lost mountain". Together with the neighbour village of Benaojan, it was the domain of the Counts of Benavente by donation at 1513.
Next to the village there can be found the cave of the Hundidero, connected and being part of the Cat's cave, very important because of its speleological value.
It has got a great cold cuts industry. The city is located at a very special place, protected by the mountain range of the Hacho and also by the mountains of Mures and Tavizna.
At the church of Santiago, built between the 16th and the 17th century, is remarkable the Crucified's chapel. Montejaque celebrates an splendorous Holy Week and also Fair with pilgrimage on may, from 16th to 18th, and Fair on august, from 14th to 17th.

PARAUTA

It is another interesting village of the Serrania de Ronda. It is the birthplace of the arab lordwarrior Omar-ben-Hafsum, who was born at the close to the village farm of Torrichuela, at the formerly called Hins-Auta.
It is also the village where the famous holm oak tree Valdecilla is located, with its 21 metres legth and more than 3 metres of diameter.
The village produces chestnuts, honey, sparto grass and aromatic wild camomile. It has got also cereals, olive trees and cow and goat cattle.
It is a place with lots of mountains and depressions, due to its location at the mountain ranges of las Nieves and the Oreganal, where lots of pine trees, spanish fir trees, chestnuts and holm oaks can be seen.
It celebrates its local Fair in August, from 14th to 16th.

PUJERRA

In the last century this village had got documented copper mines. Nowadays, chestnut trees are one of its main resources, as well as the cattle raising, specially the porks, cows and goats.It has got also minor hunting and lots of trees, giving to the village an special and attractive aspect.
Its architecture is simple, and maybe this is one of the reason for being a charming place.
It is located in the northern side of Sierra Bermeja.
it celebrates fair on june, 13th in honour of St. Anthony, its Patron Saint, and also on november, 6th.

SERRATO

It is a setlement next and belonging to the city of Ronda. Its limits are the villages of Cañete la Real and the place of Ortegicar, located at 7 kilometres of distance and with an amazing defensive Midle Age tower.
Its population's main activities are the agriculture and the cattle raising. It has got one Farming and one Consuming Cooperative.
Its church was built in honour to the Virgin of the Rosary, Patron Saint of this village.
It celebrates Fair in honour of this image on october, 7th

SETENIL

Its full name is Setenil de las Bodegas (which means Setenil of the Wine Cellars). It is an unusual town, due to its placement and its architecture, with some cave's houses and corridor's digged on the rocks between the white houses. It was an spectacular defense place at the arab age, which resisted several times the attacks of the christian troups, before being conquered by the Catholic Monarchs at 1488.
It is a paradise for photographers and painters, who can enjoy from a beautiful landscape and being an attractive place for visiting for the national and international tourism since lots of years. Its church, very nice at its inside, has got a valious Renaissance style triptych. Concerning the church's artistic treasure, it is remarkable to admire a priest's cloak, given as a gift by the Catholic Queen Isabella.
It celebrates important Holy Week's processions supported by the popular devotion and the narrow and complicated streets. The main festive days are january, 20th, St, Sebastian, the Carnival on february and St. Isidro's day, on may, 15th.

TEBA

It is located in the northern border of Ronda's region. The village is placed over one mountain, and for this reason it has got a nice landscape, with rich labour fields at its bottom. At the same time it offers us the vision of a town over a hill, with the rests of the Star's castle on the top, a building which still has got one of its towers, most part of its wall and and spectacular arms courtyard. Teba was an important place at the Conquest's battles and was conquered at the beginning of the 14th century by the troups ordered by the King Alfonso XI. The village has got a city museum whose contents are Phoenician, Iberian and Roman objects found at the village.
The church of the Holy Cross, built in the beginning of the 18th century is an important monument and containing remarkable sculptures inside. It is also important the church's treasure, consisting of different noble metal liturgical elements. From Teba come the families of the Guzman and the Portocarreros, ancestors of Eugenia de Montijo, empress of France due to her marriage with Napoleón III.
Its main Fair are celebrated on august, from 9th to 12th and on october, 6th, in honour of the Virgin of the Rosary, Patron Saint of the village. It is also famous the pilgrimage of St. Isidro Labrador, on may, 15th, where lots of carriages takes part at it. At the expanse of this town is located the reservoir of Guadalteba.

YUNQUERA

It is the highest town of the province.The expanse is located between the Sierra de las Nieves, with an altitude of 1.977 metres and the Sierra Prieta, with an altitude of 1.505 metres. Its origin is probably Roman, and its name could come from the word“Juncaira". It has got an smooth weather at the whole territory, producing excellent grape juices, citrics, olives and almonds. At the cattle raising are remarkable the goats. It has got also a clothe's factory.
The church is dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary. It conservs still the rests of its arab castle, which was ordered to be destroyed after the conquest by the catholic troups. It can be seen a vigilance tower, well conserved and belonging to the coast fortresses built after the conquest.
It celebrates fair on august, 16th and on october, 7th, dedicated to its Patron Saint, the Virgin of the Rosary.

ZAHARA

Zahara is an epic name during the Arab-Hispanic age, specially at the Narazi tribe domain, between the 14th and the 15th century. Its geographical location, its special placement and the powerful fortresses the village had once upon a time, made it a main place at the called "Battle of the Strait", when the village changed several times of owner. At the last of this consecutive conquests, when the arabs recovered the town, the Catholic Monarchs decided firmly to arrange the conquest of the whole South of Andalusia.
Located actually at the route of the white village of the province of Cadiz, it has got, with its castle over rocks, a pleasure of landscape, filled with valleys and mountains, next to a reservoir of recent built. Zahara lives from agriculture and cattle farming. The village has been declared historic and artistic place at 1983, with an ancient church, that, due to its difficult access, inside the town's fortress, was the origin of the actual church, built at 1773, whose work was directed by the famous sevillian architect Antonio de Figueroa.
It celebrates the festive day of the Corpus Christi since 1500. Actually, this day is celebrated with the whole town decorated charmingly and attractively. It celebrates also a pilgrimage in honour of St. John, Fair on august, from 20th to 23th and the fair of the Patron Saints, St. Simon and St. Judas, on october, 28th.