Aracena
It is the capital of the region and it gives its name to the mountain range and the Natural Park, one of the most important protected spaces of the Community, which occupies the whole of the north of the province with its meadows and small rises in the ground, covered predominantly in holm oak woods, cork oaks, chestnut trees and scrub through which numerous streams flow forming an extraordinarily beautiful and attractive landscape which is ideal for livestock, especially pigs which find the conditions here ideal.
The village itself, full of monuments and declared Property of Cultural Interest, is at the foot of the old castle and of the priory church of Nuestra Señora del Mayor Dolor, which still preserves the minaret of the mosque that preceded it. Apart from this and many other churches that form its heritage, the most notable feature (and for what it is best known) is the Maravillas Grotto, one of the most interesting carstic complexes in Spain.
