Antequera at your feet: De la Cruz neighborhood

To touch the highest point of Antequera is to reach the Vera Cruz neighborhood and its Hermitage. After crossing steep slopes and white houses, you arrive at one of the best viewpoints in Antequera that allows you to see the layout of roofs dotted with cattails, nothing more and nothing less than its 33 churches! All crowned by the imposing citadel from Antequera and, at its bottom, the foothills of the Sierra de El Torcal. From our viewpoint we will also see the plain with its orchards and factories and on the horizon, the imposing Peña de Los Enamorados. We will also know the origin of this neighborhood and the role of the brotherhoods in the blessing of the fields against famines and epidemics, the importance of this hill in the taking of Antequera on the site from the Muslims, what famous Spanish series of bandits was recorded in the Ermita de la Vera-Cruz or where the curious name of some of the streets in its environment comes from.