From Tambor del Llano you have the opportunity to discover the wonderful archaeological heritage that surrounds us and that emerges in this natural environment, we propose an archaeological route that will bring you closer to the history of this territory, from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages: Iberians, Romans and Muslims in the Serrania de Ronda.
- Alcalá del Valle. A Bronze Age megalithic construction located in the dehesa del Tornillo meadow - six kilometres from the town of Alcalá del Valle. There were also Iberian and Roman settlements.
- The Alberite Dolmen, dating from the 5th millennium BC, is one of the oldest megalithic structures on the Iberian Peninsula. It is located four kilometres south of Villamartín.
- The Sierra de Aznar site in Algar has archaeological remains from prehistoric times, especially from the Roman period. We can see a defensive bastion located at the top of the hill of El Moro. A necropolis, walls and remains of a fortress and ashlar structures.
Situated about 20 minutes from Tambor del Llano in the direction of Ronda. Acinipo was built on the site of an ancient Iberian "oppidum" or fortified city. Its theatre, one of the best preserved in Roman Hispania, stands out. Some elements of the city are still visible, such as a domus and thermal baths. From the pre-Roman stages of the city, some Iron Age huts have been preserved. The impressive location of Acinipo, at an altitude of almost 1,000 m, makes it a very important landmark, from which you can see landscapes of the provinces of Málaga, Cádiz and Seville. From the top of the theatre's stands you can see the village of Grazalema and all the surrounding mountains.
Set in an area of small hills that form part of the foothills of the Sierra de Gamaza and Sierra del Calvario (Espera). It also dominates the area of Coto de Bornos to the east and the countryside of the valley of the Salado river to the west. On top of the ancient Iberian settlement, the Romans developed an urban structure that conserves a road flanked by the remains of what were the city gates. You can see the remains of the wall and the necropolis with the columbaria associated with different cremation rites.
Located on the Cabeza de Hortales hill in Prado del Rey with the remains of large buildings and defensive walls. At this site a Latin inscription was found which is currently kept in the church of Prado del Rey, and a bronze plate commemorating a hospitality agreement between Iptuci and Ucubi, at the salto de la Mora (Ubrique), from which the natural pass to Benaocaz and the Villaluenga chute is dominated and controlled.
Located in the upper part of the Salto de la Mora (Ubrique). Although its pre-Roman origins date back to the Vi century B.C., the vast majority of the archaeological remains correspond to the Roman period, whose maximum splendour was in the Il century AD. The walls, a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Minerva, a metallurgical industrial area, sculptures, columns and pieces of architectural decoration date from this period. Other elements of the complex include: the columbarium, the cisterns, the walls, the tanks, the cisterns and the baths. Outside the city walls are the necropolis and the mausoleum. Ocuri corresponds to the High Imperial period, in the "coventus iuridicus gaditanus, an administrative body belonging to the province
imperial of the "Betica".
The Roman road continues from Benaocaz to Zahara de la Sierra, located on a limestone elevation at the foot of the Sierra del Jaral. There is a majestic keep on a watchtower that presides over the whole complex. Behind it we can see the old village, of which we can see the entrance arch, houses dug into the rock, the remains of the old church of Santa María de la Mesa. We can also see interesting Iberian remains, Roman cisterns, parts of walls of Roman and Islamic origin, and a curious system of water collection and channelling.
Located very close to Benaojan, it is a prehistoric site with Palaeolithic parietal art discovered in 1905 by a farmer called José Bullón Lobatoun and explored and studied by researchers such as Willoughby Verner, Henri Breuil and Hugo Obermaier.
The cave has numerous paintings depicting deer, horses, fish, goats, bulls, a seal, a
bison, abstract signs and indeterminate figures.
It is one of the main tourist attractions in the Ronda mountain range.
