Calf Cave lies within a valley of great natural beauty. The mountains and hills that surround it are as barricades to protect the passage of time.
This town rondeño sits at the northern gate of the Ronda to the north of the mountains of Sparta. Located on a small knoll between the mountains and the hills of Vijan thirds of forming a small passageway through which the river within at the Caves. This small valley is also wrapped by other hills of the Castillón, that of the Doves and Pilón of Zorro of rock formations that host some scrub oaks and fields of olive trees and cereals.
Due to the strategic position it occupies Caves area being Calf step between Ronda and Antequera is assumed that the settlements originating from ancient times. This was discovered remnants of the prehistoric period to confirm the findings are the highlights found in the western and northern slopes of Mount Castillón, near the Fuente del Zorro and in the northeastern side of the Cerro de las Palomas.
Regarding the archaeological significance of caves is most important Roman times. The site found in the houses of the Vines collects numerous remains of pottery, tiles, stucco and coins belonging to the imperial Roman era. The most important thing in this Roman villa is undoubtedly the remains on the set of pottery, retained two furnaces and part of a full third time as one of the most important relics in Spain. Highlight also found the remains dedicated to production of oil and several burials.
Like all municipalities in the Ronda, the Arabs also occupy this area, although there is no historical evidence of this fact but it can be checked by its route in the Arab town. If there is a record that King Alfonso XIII held the population in 1330 but without much success. The recapture of the town ultimately did not take place until the fifteenth century.
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