History

Close by, at El Salto de la Mora, lie the ruins of the old Roman town of Ocurris, which reached the peak of its fortunes in the 2nd century.

During the Moslem period, the fortress of Cardala, now known as Fatima Castle, was built.

The Arabs called the village Umrica, and it was the site of a resounding defeat for Christian troops, the Rout of Ubrique (1432), at the hands of the Nazaries of Granada. When Ronda was conquered by the soldiers of the Catholic Monarchs (1485), Ubrique and the other mountain villages met the same fate.

In the 17th century, the first leather factories were set up, continuing the traditional methods of crafting leather goods left behind by the Moslems; today, this industry is the driving force behind the village's economy.