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Cerro del Villar

Málaga, ES

Cerro del Villar

Cerro del Villar, located in the mouth of Guadalhorce river, southern Spain, was a Phoenician city founded in the ninth century BC or eighth century BC. It was abandoned possibly in 584 BC. Since 2003, there have not been any archeological excavations, which was resumed in 2025. Previous excavations

were directed by María Eugenia Aubet. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural on 9 June 1998.

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