Cuevas de San Marcos is at the north of the
administrative region of Antequera, on the border with the Province
of Córdoba
With a population of some 4.000 the town the importance of this
population centre in Andalucía during the Roman occupation
is vouched for by the amphoras and coins from the Late Roman
Empire found in the area.
Here you find very interesting archaeological remains from earlier
times, found in the “Cueva de Belda”: flit axes,
spear tips and other implements of stone, apart from human remains
and a menhir, named the “Boy of Stone”, in a place
known as “Las Cruces”.
Historically traces from the Arabic occupation
have persisted in the fortification erected on the “Cerro
de Chamorro” after the popular uprising against the Emirate
of Córdoba.
Here the festive calendar has its most important
milestone during the celebration of the main festivities in
August. Moreover, Saint Marcos has its feast days as Patron
Saint on 25th April and the 7th December, sees the celebration
of the night of “Las Candelas”.
To eat, nothing better than the classic “porra”,
“salmorejo” and the carnival stuffing, stuffing
composed of meat, ham, egg, bread and parsley and the original
Easter pie, made of bread with an egg in its centre.
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