Cuevas Bajas is a town and municipality in the province of

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Nororma. It is part of the judicial district of

Archidona Archidona is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is the center of the comarca of Nororiental de Málaga and the head of the judicial district that bears its na ...

. The municipality is situated 75 kilometers from

and 495 km from Madrid In 2011 it had a population of 1,482 inhabitants. Its surface area is 16.53 km². Cuevas Bajas has a density of 89.66 inhabitants/km². The natives are called ''Cueveños''.

Geography

Cuevas Bajas is located in a valley where Málaga overlooks the Genil river. It is located on the northern edge of the Antequera region along the river Genii. Cuevas Bajas retains the appearance of an Andalusian village, with short, narrow streets and its houses with barred windows and balconies. It has an altitude of 323 meters above sea level.

History

The region where Cuevas Bajas is located has historical antecedents from the

Paleolithic The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (), also called the Old Stone Age (from Greek: παλαιός ''palaios'', "old" and λίθος ''lithos'', "stone"), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone too ...

. This has been evidenced by the instruments that appeared around the town and river terraces of the Genii. During the Roman period, around the second century BC, near Cuevas Bajas passed one of the Roman roads that was registered in the Itinerary of Antonio and numerous villas whose remains have been found during his term. After the Arab domination, the square being conquered by the Alcaide of Antequera D. Fernando de Narváez in the year 1426, thanks to the distribution of land, the town began to repopulate slowly growing to Cuevas Bajas.

Monuments

Its most interesting monuments are the church of San Juan Bautista, built in the eighteenth century. The main street with facades and the village of Kidron maintains the typical architecture of the area.

References

Municipalities in the Province of Málaga Towns in Spain {{Andalusia-geo-stub