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HISTORY AND LANDSCAPE OF CASARES, MALAGA.
Casares is between the Ronda highland, the Costa del Sol, and the Campo de Gibraltar. A landscape of red rocks split by deep gorges in the Sierra Bermeja; of forests and circles of pines which have survived the fires, and in the shadows climb to the peak to join in Los Reales (1.440 m.) to the advance of the firs of the higland. Further west, the sierra is converted into an observation point of limestone in Crestellina to watch the entrance to the Ronda valley of Genal from its peak. There, amid gorges and ridges, lives a colony of tawny vultures of the peninsular.
These birds with almost two metre wingspans, cross the Casares’ skies daily, from Crestellina to Utrera, adding another attractiveness to the area with their majestic flight. La Utrera is a small sierra crowned by the karstic forms, typical of the Torcal of Antequera, although in smaller dimensions, situated to the south of the municipality; at the foot of the deep fissure which divides it in two (Canuto de la Utrera) there is an almost unknown spot which history refers to the Roman baths of La Hedionda.
In the western half of the municipality, the Guadiaro valley is the protagonist after collecting its tributary the Genal. Its wandering course through the alluvium plain is accompanied by plots which extend to the sea, now in the lands of Cádiz. Between these plots and the sierras, smooth hills open up covered with cereal fields and pasturelands which are a clear presage of the Campo de Gibraltar.
And in the middle of this countryside is Casares, half hidden between the foothills of the sierra, stretched across the mountain sides of the great cliff, crowned by history with the remains of a castle which forms one of the most beautiful villages in the province.
The findings in the shelters and caves of Ferrete, Crestellina, Utrera, Pelliscoso, the Novia hill and the Cortijo de Alechipe show the presence of pre-historic man in these lands. El Cortijo de Alechipe has also brought interesting remains which could have belonged to the Roman town of Lacipo, which was built on top of an Iberian town. There are fragments of statues conserved in the town hall. Roman vestiges have also been found in Sierra Crestellina and the Torre de la Sal on the coast.
During the Roman era, Casares had its own coin mint and the tradition relates that Lacipo was built by Julius Caesar in gratitude of a skin complaint that was cured after bathing in the Baños de la Hedionda.
The present town is of Arabic origin. There are the ruins of the fort of that era on the top of the cliff on which the town stands. It is possible that the farmhouses emerged around this castle which would give way to the forming of Casares. In the second half of the 16th century, the town was the scene of capitulations which ended one of the Moor revolts. In 1795, the segregation of Manilva was produced with the privilege of village.
In more recent history, Casares has the honour of having been the birthplace of Blas Infante Perez de Vargas, labour lawyer, politician, and writer, who is considered to be the largest historic figure in Andalucia. He was born in 1885 y died during the civil struggle in 1936.
Source: http://www.costadelsol.net/web/casares/basic.htm
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