Places not to miss

Fuente Nueva 3 site

One of the sites with the oldest human traces in Western Europe, on the shore of an ancient wetland.

Fuente Nueva (Orce)

First Settlers of Europe Museum

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Josep Gibert Museum of the First Settlers of Europe

An interpretation centre with fossils from Venta Micena, Barranco León and Fuente Nueva 3.

Camino de San Simón, 22-24

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Cerro de la Virgen

Cerro de la Virgen and its interpretation centre

A fortified Copper and Bronze Age settlement with an ancient water channel, about 3 km from Orce.

Cerro de la Virgen area (Orce)

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Barranco León site

A human milk tooth about 1.4 million years old was found here.

Barranco León area (approximate location)

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Venta Micena site

A site about 1.6 million years old with a large collection of fossil fauna; at Venta Micena 3, the bones have been interpreted as the giant hyena's den.

Venta Micena (Orce)

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Alcazaba de las Siete Torres (Fortress of the Seven Towers)

A fortress in the centre of Orce, with its keep and parade ground, protected as a Site of Cultural Interest.

Calle Castillo, centre of Orce

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Church of Santa María de la Anunciación

A parish church rebuilt between 1749 and 1775, of which only the tower is older.

Historic centre of Orce

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Palacio de los Segura and Tourist Office

A 17th and 18th-century manor house with a columned courtyard, now home to the Municipal Tourist Office.

Calle Tiendas, 20 · Paseo de los Caños

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Plaza Nueva and Palacio de los Belmonte

The town hall square, with the Casa Grande of the Belmonte-Segura family and the fortress close by.

Plaza Nueva

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Cave house quarters

Homes dug into the hillside, with whitewashed fronts and chimneys peeping out of the ground.

Eastern edge of the village

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Cerro de la Virgen

Fuencaliente spring

A spring in the River Orce valley, fitted out as a natural pool of mild water all year round.

River Orce valley

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Nature and Geopark

Sierra de Orce

A limestone range covering about a third of the municipality, topped by El Argerín at 1,826 metres.

Argerín summit (1,826 m)

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Fuente Nueva hamlet

A small cluster of cave houses in the Cañada de los Vélez, next to the Fuente Nueva 3 and Venta Micena sites.

Cañada de los Vélez (Orce)

First Settlers of Europe Museum

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School visits

A guide for teachers: how to prepare the visit to the museum and the sites, what to do there by age group and how to book. Private content: it opens with the school's key or its QR code.

First Settlers of Europe Museum