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A visitor in our town and its surroundings, has multiple opportunities for cultural enrichment and entertainment for the senses. Not for nothing, has these land brought , over the centuries and the movement of people, a heritage rich and suggestive : as Cultural Heritage in Manilva stand two archaeological sitesl: The Castillejos of Alcorrin and the Environment of El Castillo de la Duquesa. Los Castillejos de Alcorrin is a great walled fortress of the ninth century B.C, the living elements of world building techniques indigenous of clear affinity Phoenician. The roman site around El Castillo de la Duquesa is a timeline that runs from the first century A.D. to the fifth A.D. The set consists of Necropolis, Villa, Themal baths and fish salting factory. Enclave emerges as a result of the canning industry that revolved around fishing for tuna traps.
CHURCH SANTA ANA Located in the so-called Church Square, the current building of the parish church of Santa Ana, was built on a smaller one at the end of the sixteenth century. For the construction of the new church contributed the bishop, the villagers and the Duke of Arcos, lord of the town. Master Felipe Pérez 1776 started the work, that would last until 1783, the year they came to an end.
CASTILLO DE LA DUQUESA It occupies the site where once there was a Roman villa, part of which was recycled material for construction, emerging in its shadow the neighbourhood of that name. In 1767 Don Francisco Paulino,inhabitant of Seville, built it at his expense, so the king granted putting him in charge of a cavalry company. The buildong design and construction management was entrusted to engineer Don Miguel del Castillo.
TORRE DE CHULLERA In Chullera there are two beacon towers, a stump and an older cross base, the latter being the original tower Nazari times. In 1497, the Instructions for the coast guard for the Kings Catñolicos given to cities, towns and villages of the diocese of Malaga, and it was called Tower Chullera.
TORRE DE LA SAL Located on a promontory on the coast between the Rio Manilva Casares and Camarate Arroyo, is the Torre de la Sal or Torre del Salto de la Mora, as it´s known.
EL INGENIO CHICO Ingenio Chico is one of the two sugar mills built by the Duke of Arcos on these lands. The aqueduct preserved the union with the rest of the building in mud, reminding us of the medieval buildings and making us think of the workforce of Moorish tradition.
VILLA MATILDE House owned by Don Ignacio Infante, brother of the father of our country Andaluza, Blas Infante. Recently renovated it has an exposition of Roman remains found in Manilva.
CHURCH OF SAN LUIS From 1776 is the present Church of Santa Ana, the result of series of transformations of the original church, and built in the mid-sixteenth century. It has two central aisles and a transept.
MUNICIPAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
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