The park south of Antequera serves to protect one of Spain's most unusual karst (limestone) landscapes. Chasms, obelisks and other formations created by erosion lend the landscape a magical, fantastical quality, while the local flora provides colour ..

Housed in the 17C Nájera Palace , this museum has a fine tower and remarkable collection of archaeological pieces including the Ephebe of Antequera . This superb Roman bronze sculpture (1C) represents a naked adolescent boy who appears to be carryi..

The only remains of a former convent, this church was built between the 16C and 17C. Its single nave is large and covered by an elegant Mudéjar artesonado ceiling. The church is well decorated inside with paintings and polychrome stuccos, and has p..

This 16C collegiate is a fine example of early Renaissance art. You reach it via the 16C Giants' Arch . This monumental church has three aisles topped with Mudéjar vaults and separated by full arches resting on ionic columns. Note the superb façade..

This 17C church dedicated to Our Lady of Recovery, patron saint of Antequera, has a Latin cross shape with two lateral chapels, and sumptuous decoration on the themes of Franciscan iconogrpahy and plants. On the main altar, a lovely gilded wooden ret..

Built by Diego de Vergara, who built Malaga cathedral, this 16C church has a nave topped with a gothic crossed vault and a pretty 17-18C tower. The manneristic tower is a full arch with a balcony above which appear niches that hold religious sculptur..

The main portal of this 16C church is an interesting example of Plateresque style; it is topped with an elegant 18C tower made up of four bodies, an emblematic image of Antequera. Inside, among the many masterpieces, note the sculpture of the Virgine..

This former Franciscan abbey has a strange neo-baroque façade built in 1953. Do not miss the cloister formed of two elegant galleries, the lower gallery made up of full arches and groin vaults, and the upper gallery with wide openings covered by pedi..

The façade of this convent is an interesting example of local baroque art. This very original building is made up of a full arch resting on plinths and décor based on persons that form the consoles supporting a corniche decorated with delicate images..

The church of this 18C convent has three highly decorated aisles. The central nave is topped with a barrel vault and the lower sides, distributed like chapels, are separated by full arhces. In the arms of the transept, topped with a semicircular cupo..

Take a walk under the dense foliage with its fine views over the Sierra del Torcal, the Antequera Plain and the town centre. Then enter the first fortress in the kingdom of Grenada captured by the Christians. The 15C walls were bult with recuperate..

At the foot of the Cerro de la Cruz, these enormous collective tombs go back to the Bronze Age. Showing the mastery of techniques, the builders had imagined the lateral trenches to slide up the stones. The Dolmen de Menga (2500 BC) is a sort of art..