Since the 1970s, when the Marina and golf course were built, tourism has been added to this list, and in recent years it has enjoyed the status of one of the Costa del Sol’s fastest developing municipalities, with almost a trebling of the resident population in the last 10 years. Another area of development has been the business sector, with the establishment of an industrial estate just a few hundred metres from the exit to the A7 motorway, there are also literally hundreds of shops and office units available thanks to the construction boom of recent years.
CASTILLO DE LA DUQUESA Te 18 Century fortress of Castillo de la Duquesa stands on the coast in the middle of what was once a large
Roman fishing village. It has been suggested that the village may have been called Saltum in classical times, but no definite Latin name has survived. Excavations in 1989 uncovered much of the village’s infrastructures making it one of the most extensive in Andalucia. It includes a bath house site to the south of the castle now in a fenced off plot overlooking Plaza del Baños Romanos. Te bath house consists of two large chambers and a hot house whose under- floor heating system can be clearly seen. White mosaic floors in other areas have survived. To the west of the bath house between the castle and the main road once stood a Roman villa. To the north of the castle where the Guardia Civil barracks once stood is the location of the industrial part of the town. Fish paste tanks have been excavated
here along with water conduits and salt pans. A little north of the barracks there is the site of a Roman necropolis or graveyard. Te castle itself was built in 1767 by Francisco Paulino of Seville. Te Spanish King Carlos III granted Paulino the command of a company of cavalry. Today the castle is used as municipal offices, trainee workshops and the site for exhibitions as well as a wedding and first communion photo location.
“THE SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS ARE ALL ALONG THE EDGE OF THE MARINA WHICH GIVES A FANTASTIC SETTING”
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