Cerro de los Infantes, Pinos Puente
Its lands have been inhabited since the Paleolithic and have witnessed all the settlements that have passed through Pinos Puente throughout history. Numerous bone, wood and flint tools dating from prehistoric times have been found, and the large number of vessels, platters, plates, amphorae and cups from the Iberian period suggests that it must have continued to be a heavily trafficked area.
Residential areas, a pottery kiln, 'Huelva-type' fibulae and 'Los Caballicos' (The Horses), as well as some important reliefs representing the significance of horses in Iberian beliefs, have also been found from this period.
Cerro de los Infantes reached its greatest splendour in Roman times when it was established as a Roman municipality under Latin law as Pliny tells us. Numerous archaeological remains and abundant material culture have been documented from this period, including fragments of Greco-Italic and Republican ceramics, as well as epigraphy and numismatics.
There are also numerous marble and bronze sculptures, such as Apollo with his lyre, Venus with Cupid, Bacchus and Aesculapius. Various types of culinary ceramics have also been found, including jugs, plates, amphorae and Roman sigillata. Not to mention the remains and foundations of a large building that may have been a thermal bath, and the remains of a wall documented by experts from the University of Granada.
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