This city,
fishermen's former settlement and salineros placed in a wide plain at the foot
of Gádor's saw, is today a tourist enclave of great importance. It(she)
was founded by the Phoenicians and during the Roman domination it(he,she) was
conoci it(he,she) gives with Turania's name, place called at present Torrequebrada
of the Low ones, where there have been located numerous archaeological remains
of that epoch. The Roman settlement was left after a flood, moving to the lot
that today occupies the villa. On the century XIV Yusuf I, after the harassment
of the piracy one saw obliged to strengthen the maritime borders in which there
is included that of Roquetas's tower, which will be the castle of Holy Ana,
because in his(its) chapel there was venerated the image of the virgin, mistress
of the slum of the Port.. During the Moslem epoch the salt mines began to exploit.
The obtaining of the salt and the fishing constituted the base of his(its) economy
up to very recent times. The water in the shape of irrigation and the greenhouses
they turned the fields of the surroundings into magnificent gardens of production
extratemprana. Spent(passed) the half of the present century, the tourism discovered
the excellent qualities of the zone and decided to come to occupy her during
most of the year. Nowadays the Tower of the Esparto or of 
the
Low ones, Cerrillos's tower and that of the Castle of Holy Ana or of the Roquetas
they are considered to be monuments andalusíes. This way, the Tower of
the Castillico, between(among) the Landmark and Roquetas of Sea, is a testimony
of the defensive medieval system, together with the original tower of the current
port, which was forming a part of the Castle of Holy Ana, destroyed by an earthquake
in the last century.
Roquetas it(he,she) has turned into the third one into importance, into population
and into economic activity, being the tourist sector one of the strongest of
the region, he(she) has could construct an own(proper) style that is turning
into a model of tourist development, where there are mixed the tranquility and
services that the people(village) offers us with the big possibilities of leisure
that we have in the Urbanization. This one is a tourist complete complex with
hotels, apartments, restaurants, night clubs, pubs, malls, discotheques and
a line of coast that is ideal to enjoy the sea.
INDALO
Acquaintance(Known)
as talisman of " good luck " and holder of good effluvia that grant
health and love to his(its) holder.
His(Its) origin goes back to the prehistoric epoch, since they have found representations
of the same one in the cave(rock) Cave of " The Signs " (hill of Maimun,
Velez Blanco) this figure appears, in the shape of little man who hoists or
has an arch. If it is had in bill that lasa schematic figures of happiness cave
are included inside the Neolithic one, it will will to be convenient if the
Indalo starts(extracts) of the prehistoric times. This it(he) was adopted by
the primitive(original) settlers of the Province, in such a way that throughout
the time it(he,she) has followed hoisting as symbol of this People(Village).
Already the former fishermen of the Province were representing it in the fronts
of his(its,her) housings before be doing to the sea, to be preserved from the
tempests and an abundant fishing to be guaranteed. A theory brings over of his(its)
origin, defended by some archeologists, is that would treat myself about a prehistoric
"Iberian" Leader supporting between(among) his(its,her) hands with
the opened arms the Rainbow, presumably symbol of the union of the Man with
the Natural Elements