Points of Interest

Antequera Town Hall Tourism Department. Next to Plaza Del Carmen (El Carmen square), we still can see the significant Torreón Del Asalto (Assault Tower) and the wall tower called of the Estrella (Star) which are the remains of the old Muslim wall which surrounded the villa. The Barbican tower of the Estrella is attached to the […]

Antequera Town Hall Tourism Department. The Puerta de Málaga ( Malaga Door) is of the kind L-shaped passageway. The front has got a large horseshoe brick arch, with a sunken Moorish panel that creates a niche divided into spaces, typical of Nazari architecture. The tower’s inner design was very much changed when it became a hermitage. […]

  Antequera Town Hall Tourism Department. The typical complex of the Plazuela de Santiago (Santiago’s small square) is a successful of the architecture and the Baroque town planning in Andalucia in the 18th century. As the most important elements it stands out the Santiago church and the Santa Eufemia church. It is quite curious the contrast […]

Antequera Town Hall Tourism Department. This is the name given to the space in front of the Collegiate with the same name. The access is through the stairs located at the Colegio street, or through the Arco de los Gigantes (Arch of the Giants) and the so-called Plaza de los Escribanos (Square of the Scribes). The […]

Antequera Town Hall Tourism Department. The present Plaza Coso Viejo (Old Arena Square) was previously known as the Vegetable Square, as the open market was placed in there. The square has recently been restored and now there is, just in the middle, a horse sculpture depicting the Infante Don Fernando; at the end, there is a […]

  Antequera Town Hall Tourism Department. There are several green spaces in the town, although may be one of the most important is that surrounding the Bullring, with several well-distinguished areas. On the one hand, it is the so-call “Paseo Real” (Royal Promenade) with a cozy bandstand used by the Municipal Band to perform outdoors concerts. […]

Antequera Town Hall Tourism Department. Beside the bricks, the materials used to erect the Estepa Door are the red limestone from El Torcal in the pedestals of the three large pillars, and the cream-colored limestone from the same natural landscape in the heraldic emblem. Another significant element of the monument is the terracotta image of the […]

This is a monument erected in front of the walls of the Torre del Asalto (Assault Tower) located at the Plaza del Carmen, in Antequera. The sculpture was inaugurated on the 24th September 2010, when the VI Century of the Antequera Incorporation to the Castilian Crown was commemorated.  On that date, but six centuries ago, […]

Antequera is proud to be the center of Andalusia. The landmark in the Plaza de San Sebastián refers to this fact: during thousands of years different civilizations have passed through the old city. The column of red Torcal marble has an inscription about Antequera’s central location throughout history, as demonstrated by the ‘Via Domiciana Augusta’, […]

Tourist Department of the Antequera Town Hall: Viewpoint facing on the Peña de los Enamorados (Lovers’ Rock) located next to the Arco de los Gigantes (Arch of Giants). It is dedicated to the British Archaeoastronomer Michael Hoskin to whom a bust in bronze facing the Lovers’ Rock has been dedicated. It is worthy to note […]

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As the entry to Nueva Street, we find this monumental arch devoted to Jesus the Penitent. The structure is finished by a vaulted niche where the painting of the worshipped image is lodged, plus six lanterns and a projecting balcony. The original construction is from 1671 although it was demolished in 1959 because the risk […]

This Municipal Centre occupies part of the rooms belonging to the former Royal Monastery of Saint Zoilo; exactly, the cloister. This Observant Franciscan Order’s convent was the first one to be erected in the town after a Royal Order given by the Catholic Monarchs, Isabel and Fernando, on the 18th September 1500 by which they […]

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