Sands

Sands is a white people who have known how to preserving its essence over the centuries. Its cultural richness and its privileged natural environment make it an unmissable destination for lovers of history, architecture and nature.

Sands is located at the foot of Bentomiz, A military and strategic enclave for Iberians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans and Arabs where the fortress, citadel and castle of the same name coexisted, its origin can be placed in the period of Muslim domination based on the layout and design of its streets and buildings.

The town centre is located in a depression surrounded by the Bentomiz hill (709 metres), the Daimalos hill (689 metres), the Alto hill (627 metres), the Los Guanos hill (533 metres), the Beas hill (703 metres) and the Collao hill (597 metres). The lands of the municipality are bathed by the Secos and Rubite rivers, the latter serving as the border with the municipality of Canillas de Aceituno.

Crafts

The incipient processing activity of the products of the municipalities of the manorial places of the Bentomiz district is reflected in the Apeos of these places. Thus, we are told that there were seven flour mills, seven oil mills, four bread ovens, one glazing kiln and fourteen tile and brick making traps.

Honey and wax are products of exploitation, although their distribution was in few hands, as the twenty-four apiaries that existed were only distributed among some of the two hundred and twenty-nine inhabitants who repopulated the aforementioned places.

As for silk, no looms are known to exist in these places, only the annual value of two hundred and eighty-five hundred ounces of mulberry leaves for raising silkworms is known. Probably, given the rise of the arriería in the 16th century, the silk was taken to Malaga to be woven.

As for the habitat, this does not go unnoticed, as each settler is allocated a house in the distribution. For their repair, conservation and hygiene, we are told in the Apeos what the fourteen almadrabas and the thirty caleras were to be used for.

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