Benamaurel

The village is located at 723 meters above sea level and has 2414 inhabitants (2014). The layout of the town is given by a series of ravines on which the different neighborhoods are build. It preserves an important historical heritage represented by numerous caves, an Almohad tower and the remains of a fortress of the fourteenth century. It is one of the municipalities most densely cave inhabited in the region.

Points of Interest Benamaurel

Casa del Tío Tinajas (cave located next to the fortress that there was in Benamaurel in the XIV century);
Columbario Romano (columbarium of the later Roman period);
Church: "Iglesia de la Virgen de la Asunción" (church was built in 1520 over an old mosque);
Las Hafas ( rests of a fortress of the XIV century formed by caves inhabited during the Almohad period);
Torre de Castril (tower of Almohad period).

Festivities in Benamaurel

Festivities of the Moorish and Christians: declared as cultural interest is celebrated in the last weekend of April;
the festivities of the San León Magno is celebrated in the weekend closest to the 11th of April.