Cuevas Bajas
Is situated in the northern limits of the administrative
region of Antequera, at 72 kilometres from Málaga.
It is a place of great archaeological and historical
interest and in its municipal district is located
the Cave of Belda, in which hunting implements from
the Paleolithic Era have been found and it is the
most important necropolis of artificial caves in the
whole of Spain. Furthermore, the itinerary of Antonino
(2 B.C.) picks up the existence of one of the roads
of the Roman Empire. And more recently, it is the
interesting church of "San Juan", dating
from the eighteenth century.
Its population has oscillated since the distribution
of land made at the end of the fifteenth century in
the territories of Cuevas Bajas and Cuevas Altas,
going from the 1.300 inhabitants in the nineteenth
century, to the 2.500 at the beginning of the twentieth
century ,until reaching its present population of
1.500.
Its local festivities are celebrated in honour of
"San Juan" on the 24th and 25th June and
the traditional summer fair takes place in the middle
of August.
The gastronomy of Cuevas Bajas is the typical cuisine
of the extensive region of Antequera, revolving around
"la porra fría", to which we add
typical dishes like must or grape- juice pap, "las
migas" and the traditional and extensive recipes
of stews (pucheros y potajes).
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