Historical Tapestry Tour: Discovering Ronda's Rich Heritage

A modernista palace, Casa Don Bosco is a museum that maintains its original interior and exterior, featuring artesanía local, ceramics, and hand-carved wooden furniture from the 19th century. The building hosts a charming garden with views of the Gaudalevín valley and the Sierra de Grazalema.

A bronze statue of Saint John Bosco, a pioneer in educating the poor and founder of the Salesian order, stands on a stone plinth.

A 16th-century palace built in Mudéjar-Renaissance style, featuring a facade with two square towers and a Baroque-style portada. The interior is arranged around three patios, with a Salón noble adorned with Mudéjar artesonado.

A Gothic and Manierist-style church, Iglesia de Santa María La Mayor is a Category: monument, distinguished by its unique architectural styles, visible in its Gothic nave and Manierist rector, with features like ornate wooden carvings and decorative entablaments.

A convent dating back to the 16th century, previously used as a hermitage, public school, and School of Arts and Trades, and now serving as the Convent of the Little Sisters of the Cross.

A convent built in 1540 on a site of an Islamic prison and water tank, featuring a Mudejar art ceiling hidden by Baroque elements. It's part of the group of monuments in the Plaza de la Duquesa de Parcent.

A historic district, the Centro Histórico de Ronda, harbors magnificent stone architecture, including the famous Puente Nuevo, and features historic walls, palaces, Arab baths, gardens, churches, and the oldest bullring in Spain.

A Baroque-style building, originally a military prison and militia headquarters, now houses a police station, administration offices, and a public cafeteria.

A bell tower, the Minaret of San Sebastián is a four-sided tower with three bodies, featuring a lower stone base, middle section with arched windows, and upper section with Gothic-style windows and a four-water roof.

A destroyed church, the Parroquia de San Sebastián, was founded by the Catholic Monarchs in a 14th-century Muslim mosque, with its minaret reused as a bell tower.

A palace in Ronda, characterized by a striking Baroque façade featuring Corinthian columns, a decorative frieze, and four Incas figurines supporting a fronton with the promoters' coat of arms.

A public fountain from the 18th century, made of stone, featuring two bodies. The lower part has eight taps with rosette-decorated boxes pouring into a basin, while the upper triangular pediment displays a shield, pyramids, and a cross.

A Catholic temple, Iglesia de Nuestro Padre Jesús, has a Gothic-style architecture and is believed to have been built in the late 15th or early 16th century.

A historic hammam, the Arab Baths of Ronda, is a well-preserved example of an ancient Islamic bathhouse, featuring a unique blend of functional and decorative features, including a noria and an acueducto for water supply and distribution.

A historic stone bridge, Puente Romano, also known as Puente Arabe, spans the Tajo de Ronda gorge, a 120-meter deep chasm in the Guadalevín river, supported by ancient Roman foundations.