Cerro de la Cruz Iberian Settlement

The Iberian Settlement is catalogued as being of Cultural Interest and is located in the Cerro de la Cruz, Almedinilla. It is one of the few settlements from the Iberian Era (2nd and 3rd centuries BC) that have been excavated in Andalusia. Only 2% of the settlement has been excavated.

It tells us about society, the economy and the environment at that time. It shows the layout of the settlement in that era, with buildings and rooms depending on the use they were put to: storehouses and craft workshops as places of residence and work (flour mills, water tanks, stores for amphorae, weights for looms, etc.)

The constructions have a stone plinth and an elevation of adobe bricks or rammed earth, preserving in some cases the imprint of the window, the door or the holes in the posts that supported the second storey of these buildings.

Because it was completely razed with the arrival of the Roman Empire, to make it easier for the visitor to imagine what the Iberian settlement of Almedinilla looked like, houses from the period and a typical ceramic kiln from this culture have been rebuilt, with the decoration and utensils that could be found then.

The guided tour of the Iberian Settlement of "Cerro de la Cruz" last approximately 1 hour.