Aguilas History

Aguilas as a modern town was the result of the projects of King charles III and of his ministers Aranda and Floridablanca.

At that time Lorca was looking for a port to export its fruit and vegetable products, and Aguilas was the exit point for the whole area. The count of floridablanca Aranda Villanueva and other started to work and in 1785 Aguilas was finally born as a town built on a gridwork, with a port with confort and efficiency in mind. The old Arab Roman Phoenician argaric and paleolithic periods were left behind with all their remains.

Above all the Roman traces of the 1st to the 4th centuries among them the thermae a source of different nterpretations hypotheses and even of legends which referred to Aguilas as the ancient town of uric whose exact location creates controversy even today. The truth is that Aguilas has always been a city open to the Mediterranean, overlooking the sea from the castle of San juan de las Aguilas.

Aguilas would soon become a thriving commercial centre, reaching its height during the 19th century with the produce from the silver, lead and iron mines. The town still preserves its seafaring tradition and its deep seated vocation as a tourist resort.


Things to do in Aguilas:

 

Coastline - Craftwork - Festivities - History - Location - Resorts -

San juan de las aguilas castle - Sports - The archeological museum -

The Carnival Museum - The Casino - The Cope Tower -

The Francisco Rabal Cultural Centre - The harbour and fish docks -

The Parish church of San jose - The Plaza de espana gardens -

The Punta Negra Lighthouse - The railway monument

The railway museum - The Roman baths - Torre de las Palomas

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