As a token of gratitude, the council presented us with a replica of the halberd found during the archaeological excavations carried out in 2019. On May 13, the presentation ceremony for the replica of the halberd took place at the Argamasilla de Alba Town Hall. This original piece dates
An Argaric halberd from the El Retamar motilla (Argamasilla de Alba, Ciudad Real): context, dating, provenance and interpretation. In 2019, the only Argaric halberd from the Meseta was recovered from the El Retamar motilla; it is the first specialized weapon in the Motillas Culture. The find was made in
The origins of any property ultimately lie in the very origins of the land itself, so we could go on with tons of bibliography and documents, but let’s focus on the more recent past, “only” 4,200 years ago…(after all, it is estimated that the Earth is more than 4.5
After a short jump in time of “only” three to four thousand and a few years (at the end of the day, time is a relative concept 😊), we will reach the Roman times. With their immense military power but as well, and without any doubt, with a gigantic
Once the Roman Empire started to fall, we were “visited” for almost 800 years, by another undeniable culture, the Arabs or, coming from North Africa, the Maghreb, the colloquially known “Moors” or Maghrebí people, who invaded almost all of the Iberian Peninsula, and in our case, they built the
Closer in time, we arrive to the 20th century, when the owner of Pago los Cerrillos was General D. Francisco (Pancho) Aguilera, with rather open-minded convictions although enormously faithful to the monarchy of Alfonso XIII. He chose his country residence, “Los Cerrillos”, as a meeting place with his comrades
