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Thanks
to Fuente de Piedra’s privileged
location, you can move easily to
the whole province of Malaga (Antequera,
Costa del Sol, Ronda, Marbella...), as well
as to the province capitals of Malaga, Seville,
Cordoba, Granada and Jaen, thus broading
your touristic route. All the natural and
cultural heritage of Andalusia will be within
your reach, no needing to worry about anything
else... With the best services to your disposal,
Fuente de Piedra will be waiting for you.
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Fuente
de Piedra
It extends on an
almost flat land, surrounded by the ranges
of Mollina, Humilladero and Sierra de Yeguas.
In their boundaries it is located the well-known
Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, the largest wetland
of its type in Andalusia.
The first human settlements in this local
area dates from the 5th century B.C. However,
the oldest written reference known dates from
the Roman occupation era. It consists in an
ara written in latin which talks about a fountain
with curative properties. The mentioned fountain
gives its name to the village. After the Arab
domination, the village dissapeared in 1461,
being rebuilt in 1547. In 1990 started the
process of excavation and recovering the fountain,
getting restored in 1994. Nowadays, it can
be observed in the Plaza de la Constitucion
Square, in the centre of the village. Paralelly
to the fountain, the history of the village
centers around the Salt Lagoon, which has
been exploited as an industrial saltmine from
the Roman era to 1951. In 1981, the lagoon
became the National Hunting Shelter, and nowadays,
it is the National Reserve housing the biggest
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de Fuente de Piedra (Fuente de Piedra Lagoon)
The Lagoon is located around ½ mile
long from the urban area, and has an elliptic
shape of the following dimensions: 4 miles
in its NE-SW axis, and 1.5 miles in its
NW-SE axis. Its ecological value arises
both from its geological features and from
the flora and fauna present in this environment
– so characteristic and original from
the European continent. It is indeed a significant
enclave among the wetlands in the Western
Mediterranean, and the most important spot
for nesting of the pink flamingo in the
Iberian Peninsula. The Fuente de Piedra
Lagoon together with the wetlands of Campillos
(which consists of six lagoons) and the
La Ratosa Lagoon in Alameda, constitute
a complex lagoon system with similar features
relating to their origin and vegetal and
animal communities.
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 Tourist
information: Town Hall, C/Ancha, 9.
29520.
Tlf: ( + 34) 952 735 016 / Fax: ( +
34) 952 735 317 |
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