This guide to Cuevas Bajas will be very useful for you to move through its streets, locate each bar, restaurant, accommodation, or visitable places of tourist or cultural interest, you will be able to know where its main festivals are celebrated, or discover incredible corners.
The area in which Cuevas Bajas is located has historical antecedents since the Paleolithic (40,000 years BC), as can be seen from the instruments that appeared in the neighboring Cueva de Belda, as well as on the terraces of the Genil River, and throughout its municipal term accidentally, which indicates the existence of a primitive population of hunters and fishermen. From the Copper Age there is a necropolis of artificial caves near Cuevas Bajas.
During the Roman era, around the 16th century. II, next to the current urban center, passed one of the Roman roads included in Antony's itinerary, the Via Antoniana. From this period we can find within its municipal area numerous vestiges of Roman villas, highlighting as works of civil engineering the remains of the bridge over the Arroyo de las Pozas, the remains of some hot springs in what is known as Villa Del Burriana, and remains of some baths in the place called “Baños de Escobar”, being on the other hand numerous vestiges of blown glass unguentary objects, bases and remains of columns, remains of plows, coins, bracelets, stones related to grinding and remains of Roman mosaics of the 3rd century, such as those found in the area called “Huertas del Marqués” and in the area of ​​Cortijo del Conde.
During the Middle Ages, Cuevas Bajas and Cuevas Altas were called Cuevas de Belda, two Muslim towns that were conquered by the Infante of Antequera Pedro de Narváez around the year 1426, and that after evicting the Muslim population were razed to the ground because Antequera did not have enough population. to repopulate them.
At the end of the s. In the 15th century, population arrived in the town, so the Villages of Cedrón and Moheda were repopulated, which can be seen with the help of this guide. It will be from this time, when the current Cuevas Bajas begins to take shape, reaching the beginning of the 19th century. XVIII more than 1,400 inhabitants, achieving its maximum splendor after its independence from Antequera on August 7, 1819, reaching a population of about 3,000 inhabitants in 1900.
You will be able to take a trip to the present day, Calle Real where you can see the 17th century Parish Church of San Juan Bautista, and Plaza de la Reja are home to the most notable civil buildings in this town, such as the Casa de los Cristales and the Casa de Felipe Quintana, to which should be added the façade of the old Juan González inn, meeting place for the most famous bandits of the 19th century.
Some of its most relevant festivals offer moments in which to visit Cuevas Bajas, these are: the Fair, the San Juan Pilgrimage and the Morá Carrot Festival. Given the richness and exclusivity of this product, it has been decided to pay tribute to it every first Sunday of the month of December, in this way it celebrates Morá Carrot Day by inviting all its attendees.
The street map of this guide will allow you to locate each place of interest and each bar or restaurant where you can taste the delicious products, beautiful and relaxed hiking routes along its spectacular river banks that, mostly delimited by river channels: to the northeast the stream of Las Pozas, to the southeast the Burriana stream and to the northwest and north the Genil River, offer visits to the 19th century La Noria del Río Genil and the bird observatory, among others.
Cuevas Bajas offers visitors a multitude of possibilities to enjoy with the five senses.

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