Is obliged to visit the city of Antequera to walk through its streets and admire its splendid architecture both aesthetically and spiritually pleasing for the lover of beauty and tradition.

Antequera is situated at about 45 kilometres from Málaga.
In its surroundings, we find the most spectacular landscape of “La Sierra del Torcal”, the greatest kartisc formation on earth, with a perimeter of seventeen kilometres and the status of National Natural Park.

Antequera maintains valuable remains that show the importance it has had throughout the centuries as a privileged settlement in Andalucía.

The three combined Dolmens: “El Romeral”, “Viera” and, above all, “Menga”, are evidence that, in prehistoric times, this was a monumental and mythical place. And progressing we can appreciate that the Roman Antikaria is not left behind in importance and, at present, it is possible and mythical place, at present, it is possible to admire the Municipal Museum with the “Efebo”, one of the best finished examples of Roman sculpture in the whole of Spain.

There are other countless places of genuine, Andalucian flavour, At the top of the city, “La Real Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor”, a Renaissance building with harmonious façade, which conjures up Roman architecture, and great interior aisles separated by austere, ionic columns. Nearby, we find “El Arco de los Gigantes”, with a marked mannerist style and the enclosure of “La Alcazaba”, with outstanding towers like “La Estrella” and “El Agua”.

“San Sebastián”, situated next to “El Arco del Nazareno” in one of its most pleasant corners and the Renaissance fountain in the square which bears the same name as the church.

Beautiful side- streets: “La Plaza de Santiago” or “La Plaza del Portichuelo”, the church of “Santa María de Jesús”, spacious palaces like the one that presently houses the town hall, beautiful temples like the Renaissance of “San Pedro”, the baroque of “La Trinidad”,”San Agustín” or the attractive façade of the church of “San Juan de Dios”.

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