Fuengirola +Historia

Fourth point of interest: Thermal baths of Torreblanca

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ADDRESS: Av. Torreblanca, s/n, 29640
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The Roman site of the Termas de Torreblanca Torreblanca (2nd-6th century A.D.) was declared BIC in 2005 by Decree of the Junta de Andalucía. The recent acquisition by Fuengirola Town Council in 2017 (it was previously privately owned) has allowed cleaning and conservation work to be carried out on the site and it has become part of the archaeological heritage of the town.

The initial stage in the knowledge of this enclave, in the 1940s, was marked by the detection of various "walls and buttresses" that were cut by the national road 340. A few years later, in 1961, the archaeological space, in which architectural elements belonging to a Roman therma can already be glimpsed, was subjected to various removals that endangered its existence.

It was not until 1982 that the decision was taken to undertake the first excavation and research work on the site, which was continued with a second campaign in 1983.

The site is made up of different installations belonging to an architectural complex (thermal building and salting factory) and a necropolis. The chronology of these first structures corresponds to thermal baths from the 2nd century AD, although there are indications that point to an earlier occupation, as early as the 1st century AD. In the 5th century, the site became a necropolis, which continued until at least a century later.