Virgen de las Angustias Chapel

The Watchtower, Los Romanes (La Viñuela) It dates from the 15th century. It is an Arab-built watchtower, constructed to defend the lands of Zalia from possible invasions from the coast. The tower is built of slate stones forming circular vaults with lime mortar. It still retains a corbel from the machicoulis that guards a doorway situated at a height of around 6.5 metres, with brick jambs and a single-stone lintel, concealing the half-destroyed brick vault.
It has about 9.5 metres high and according to According to tradition, it was built in a single night built using materials sourced from the surrounding area and water from the River Guaro. It served as a means of communication with other watchtowers along the coast and Zalia Castle. This tower had a counterpart on Cerro Agudo, which has now been destroyed; together they marked the boundary of the territory of Vélez. The watchtower ceased to fulfil its surveillance functions when Christian troops captured Zalia in 1485.

The church of San José de La Viñuela, built in the Mudejar style, dates from the eighteenth century (1731).

It was built on a simple rectangular floor plan with a timber-framed roof. Restored in the first third of the eighteenth century (1731) and completed in 1734; the belfry to the left of the main façade dates from this period; it is also of very simple construction and houses a single bell.

Be sure to take a stroll through the old town of La Viñuela. If you enter via Calle Virgen de las Angustias, you’ll come to one of the most distinctive spots. A network of narrow alleyways and old houses adorned by the residents with brightly coloured plants and flowers.

Park located at the south entrance of the village, recently refurbished. Very pleasant and equipped with swings, benches, fountains, outdoor ping-pong table and paddle tennis court. It also has a pond with ducks and an old oil mill.

La Viñuela has three archaeological sites, one at the hill of the Asperonesanother in the Castillejos and a third in the Herrera's workshop. Although La Viñuela is the most modern municipality in La Axarquía, its lands were among the first to know the presence of man.

From the Palaeolithic period, abundant traces have been found in the Llanos de Herrera and the terraces of the Guaro riverwhere today the La Viñuela reservoir is located. Before the waters of the reservoir covered the area, more than fourteen sites were excavated, ranging from the Neolithic to Roman times.

Built on the bed of the river Guaro and with contributions from the rivers Salia, Benamargosa, Bermuza, Rubite, and the Madre del Llano de Zafarraya stream. It has the largest capacity in the province of Malaga with 170 cubic hectometres, for a maximum reservoir height of 230 metres. It covers the valley that separates La Viñuela from Los Romanes, the surface area of the basin regulated by the river Guaro is 119 km2.

Its waters supply the irrigation of the south of the Axarquía and, in case of need, drinking water for the city of Málaga.

The area surrounding the reservoir is an area of great scenic wealth with facilities for water sports and a recreational area with barbecues, mini-golf and a football pitch. Another possibility, and one of the most popular, is fishing. In its waters, with the corresponding permit, you can catch carp, barbel and eels.