Is a bordering town between “La Serranía de Ronda” and the administrative district of Antequera, with a population of 2.300 inhabitants.

Its name came from the Arabic term, Hins Cannit or Quannit, which means “the Castle of Cannit”.

The remains of human settlements here date back from the Neolithic Period and are the most ancient that have been found in the area.

The Iberians settled on a nearby hill, which they named “Sabora”. Afterwards, the Romans moved the urban centre to the more plain area and the Emperor Vespasian conferred to it the title of municipal district, building statues and striking coins in its honour.

The more interesting monuments to visit here are the Parish Church of San Sebastián, which dates from the Fifteenth Century but was rebuilt after an earthquake in the Eighteenth Century, the Convent of San Francisco, from the Seventeenth century and the Monastery of “El Santísimo Sacramento de las Monjas Carmelitas”, hailing from the Eighteenth Century.

The most important festivity here takes place in the town is the one dedicated to “La Virgen de Canosantos” and its typical dishes are “la porra”, the pork derivates and the delicious sweets and fairy cakes.

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