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What to see and do in Arcos de la Frontera

What to see and do in Arcos de la Frontera (Sierra de Cádiz, Cádiz): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities

How far each place is from the centre of Arcos de la Frontera

Peña de Arcos 450 m

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What to see and do in Arcos de la Frontera

Arcos de la Frontera
Village
Town of the Sierra de Cádiz perched on a crag above the Guadalete river, capital of the taifa (petty kingdom) of Arcos after the fall of the Caliphate of Córdoba in 1012. Alfonso X definitively incorporated it into Castile in 1264; between 1408 and 1440 it passed to the House of Ponce de León as a duchy.
Conjunto histórico-artístico de Arcos de la Frontera
Monument
The old town of Arcos, with its castle and the churches of Santa María de la Asunción (14th-15th c.) and San Pedro (15th-17th c.), was declared a monumento histórico-artístico (Monumento Histórico-Artístico, Spain's heritage designation in force between 1931 and 1985) in 1962, a category later converted into Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection).
Peña de Arcos
Nature
Rocky escarpment on which Arcos's historic centre stands, declared a Natural Monument of Andalusia, with views over the Arcos reservoir and the Guadalete river.
Zambomba de Arcos
Activity
Flamenco Christmas festival of carols sung to the zambomba (a friction drum), recognised within the declaration of the zambomba of the Jerez region as Intangible Cultural Heritage.