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What to see and do in Setenil de las Bodegas

What to see and do in Setenil de las Bodegas (Sierra de Cádiz, Cádiz): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Curiosities

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What to see and do in Setenil de las Bodegas

Setenil de las Bodegas
Village
Setenil de las Bodegas is a town in the province of Cádiz, whose urban centre, declared a historic ensemble, is embedded in the gorge formed by the Guadalporcún river; it is part of the Pueblos Blancos route and, since 2019, of the Los Pueblos Más Bonitos de España association. Its caves were already inhabited 5,000 years ago. Its name alludes to the seven sieges it withstood, considered almost impregnable, from the time of John II of Castile until it surrendered to the Catholic Monarchs on 21 September 1484, after which it received a Charter of Privileges in 1501, with franchises comparable to those of Seville; in the 17th century it also achieved independence from Ronda. It is famous for its houses built under rock overhangs without excavating the stone.
Casas-cueva de Setenil
Curiosity
The quarter of Calle Cuevas del Sol y de la Sombra is characterised by dwellings built against large rock overhangs of the Trejo river canyon, an exceptional building type in Europe.
Castillo nazarí de Setenil
Monument
A 13th-century fortress of Nasrid origin, the stage for the successive Christian sieges that preceded the 1484 conquest, in Setenil de las Bodegas (Sierra de Cádiz). The capture of the town was key to the advance of the Crown of Castile towards Granada, although the first siege, in 1407, did not yield the expected result; it was the siege of 21 September 1484 that led to the final victory. The fortress retains its entire perimeter wall, 530 metres of ramparts with around forty towers, and is one of the few Nasrid fortresses that keep their medieval urban layout intact.