Campillos stands on
a natural route which links the province of Malaga with the north
of the province of Cadiz, at one extreme of the Antequera basin,
among cereal and olive fields.
Its main area by Dulce, Salada, Redonda, Capacete, Marcela, Cerrero
and Camuñas Lagoons, declared a Nature Reserve by the Andalusian
Regional Government. The village's most notable monument is Our
Lady's Church.
Campillos is also famous for its long tradition of producing leather
garments.
History
The AREA has been the scene of numerous archaeological
discoveries pertaining to prehistoric times, particularly to the
Neolithic period, which have appeared in the hills which fall within
the municipal boundary; Los Castillejos was the site of relics from
the Ibero-Roman era; and a Visigoth settlement appears to have once
existed in a location known as El Moralejo.
The present-day village dates back to 1482.
After the conquest of Teba by Ramirez de Guzman and the subsequent
pacification of the AREA, natives of Osuna came to work as coal
merchants and cattle farmers, as a result of the abundance of holm
oaks and pastures. Settlers from Teba and Antequera followed later.
In 1680, the inhabitants of Campillos bought the right to jurisdiction
over their own village, which had hitherto belonged to the Count
of Teba, and King Charles II granted it full village status.
It was named the headquarters of the administrative district in
1821.
In 1975, with the building of Guadalteba Dam and the disappearance
of the village of Peñarrubia beneath its waters, the municipal
AREA of Campillos was extended by the incorporation of the territory
of the aforementioned location into its boundaries.
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