Located on the hill of La Pileta in the town of Benaojan, Malaga

The Cueva de la Pileta is one of the most important Prehistoric Sites in Andalusia.

It was discovered in 1905 by chance, by José Bullón Lobato, a peasant who was looking for

guano for his lands he observed the exit of numerous bats from a cave that led him to

one of the entrances. He found the first cave paintings after several visits to the interior and the

called Cueva de los signreros (Cave of the Signs), which became Cueva de la Pileta in 1907.

It was studied by prehistorians, paleontologists and archaeologists such as Henri Breuil and Hugo

Obermaier attracted by the publication of ” Letters from Wilder Spain a mysterious Cave “ in

1911 in the British magazine The Saturday Review by retired Colonel Willoughby Verner

( Military resident in Algeciras who, after learning of the finding, visited and studied it in 1909, 1010 and

1911 )

The Cueva de la Pileta is a very representative ensemble of the expansion of Palaeolithic Art

in the Franco-Cantabrian style in the form of paintings and engravings of animals such as horses, fish,

goats, bulls, bison, seals; indeterminate figures; and abstract signs.

Neolithic ceramics and schematic figures from the Eneolithic were also found.

In 1924 it was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest. That same year the current entry was discovered,

which is the original during the Prehistoric occupation.

In 1933 human skeletons were found in the then discovered “New Galleries”

and ” Galerías del SEU “.

In 1940 the interior was prepared to be visited by carving steps in the areas that it was

Needed.

In 1992 the children of the discoverer together with the GEAR (Alpine Speleological Group of Ronda)

they found a new section of 250m in length.

Today, this Prehistoric jewel is visited daily by hundreds of people, despite the fact that

This is why absolute respect is maintained both in the number of visitors per day and in terms of

the characteristics of the visits that are always guided and using resources that do not damage the

great treasure that dress its walls.