Ecomuseo Histórico de Benaocaz
Municipal museum presenting the history of the Sierra de Grazalema in several rooms, from prehistory to the present day.
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About the museum
The Ecomuseo Histórico de Benaocaz, also called “El Hombre y la Sierra” (“Man and the Sierra”), is the municipal museum and offers a journey through the relationship between people and the natural environment of the Sierra de Grazalema, from prehistory to the present. It is housed in a building in the town centre and is run by the town council.
The route begins with the first human traces in the sierra, from Palaeolithic hunters to farming and herding communities, with particular attention to the cultures that lived in caves, with well-known examples such as the Cueva de la Pileta and its rock paintings. It continues with the first historical cultures and the Roman remains of the area, such as cities, roads and public works.
Other rooms are devoted to the Islamic period, which lasted almost eight centuries and is best documented in the frontier era with the Christian kingdoms, when fortifications proliferated, and to the establishment of the seigneurial regime under the ducal house of Arcos. The route includes 18th-century maps and ends with crafts, primary activities and modern communications. The museum is complemented by other archaeological points of interest in the village, such as the Roman road and the Nasrid quarter.
Highlights
- Journey through the history of the Sierra de Grazalema from prehistory to the present
- Cave cultures and rock paintings, such as those of the Cueva de la Pileta
- Roman remains of the area: cities, roads and public works
- Islamic and frontier periods and the lordship of the ducal house of Arcos
- 18th-century maps and a room on crafts and traditional activities
Permanent exhibition
- Ecomuseo Histórico de Benaocaz – Permanent exhibition in several rooms on the physical environment, archaeology, early modern history and ethnography of the Sierra de Grazalema.
- Operated by
- Ayuntamiento de Benaocaz
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission according to the Andalusian tourism portal.
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