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Albox information

The history of albox goes back to Phoenician times, when sailors using the Guadalquivir river to reach Andalucía, began looking for other routes to the interior, finding Andarax, in western Almería, and the Almanzora. This took early explorers to the Rambla de Albox and from there to the mountains ranges near Bocas de Oria and the village of Vertientes. along this route are the remains of four neolithic fortifications, now known as El Picacho, El Castellón, El Castillo de la Balsa Vieja and the Castellón de Olías - these would have been used to protect the trade routes of the time.

The Almanzora valley can be likened to an enormous open-air museum, due to the diversity of archaeological remains that have been discovered in the area - stone axes, decorative in the area - stone axes, decorative times, vessels, ceramics and coins - dating from Phoenician, Greek and Romans times.

The are many areas along the Rambla del Saliente near Albox in which objects have been found dating back to the neolithic era. Certainly the Almanzora river was an important trade route up to and the capital of the region. Its sixteenth century church of Santa María is interesting for its architecture and its original features, although a central altarpiece by alonso Cano is now missing. There is also the hermitage of San Antonio in the Barrio Alto, built between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries on the site of an even older mosque, according to tradition. More recently, in the nineteenth century, Albox supported almost three hundred weaving looms, as well as forges, artisans' workshops and factories. To really experience Albox, it is necessary to visit the Santurio del Saliente, which represents the religious aspect of the town and its surroundings. To do so, travel north towards the summit of the Sierra de las Estancias. Constructed in the eighteenth and subsequently declared an artistic historical monument, the sanctuary is remarkable for its simplicity, and appears to be fused with the mountain in perfect harmony. Each year, devotees, some from far away, arrive to make a pilgrimage to the sanctuary on the evening of 7th September in order to celebrate the fiesta of the Virgin.

During the eighteenthe century, Labox fell under the jurisdiction of the Marquesado de Vélez, and many buildings remain from that era.In the main square, the Templo Parroquial de Santa María is devoted to the Virgin of the Rosary. Close to the church is the city council chamber whose façade features the heraldic shield of Vélez, dating back to 1646, and which the municipality has adopted as its official motif. In the Barrio Alto district, the hermitage of San Antonio is another site of interest. The present building, enclosing the old hermitade, episcopal place and missionaries' seminary, was constructed in 1769.