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Camino a Santiago: Vía Serrana Etapa 2
Camino de Santiago: Serrana Route Stage 2
El Coronil

Following part of the Cañada Real (Royal Cattle Track) from Ronda to Seville to the castle of Las Aguzaderas and hearing the echoes of the distant past of fortresses, strategically placed to watch over and defend the Track, you come to El Coronil. The Romans built a bridge here over the river Guadalete, whose stones have survived the passing of the centuries intact.

Camino a Santiago: Camino de Antequera Etapa 5
Camino de Santiago: Antequera Route Stage 5
Marchena

According to tradition, the apostle Santiago el Mayor (James the Greater) preached in the region of Ursaona (before the year 43), and San Arcadio, patron saint of Osuna, was a disciple and follower of the pilgrim apostle.

Camino a Santiago: Camino de Antequera Etapa 1
Camino de Santiago: Antequera Route Stage 1
La Roda de Andalucía

The town of Roda belonged to the Santiago Commandery of Estepa between 1267 and 1559, and until the end of the 19th century there was a chapel dedicated to Santiago el Mayor on the Malaga road across the river Yeguas on the slope of Calvario.

Camino a Santiago: Vía Augusta Etapa 1
Camino de Santiago: Vía Augusta Stage 1
El Cuervo de Sevilla

You begin this route, which starts in Cádiz, in this town, which welcomes you amidst olive groves, vines and cereals, with the chapel of Nuestra Señora del Rosario. After crossing the main avenue, you come across the old Casa de Postas (Post House), evidence of the town's past as a crossing of the ways.

Camino a Santiago: Vía de la Plata Etapa 2
Camino de Santiago: Vía Plata Section Stage 2

When the Romans conquered Hispania, while they plundered the great mineral wealth of its quarries, they developed a complex network of roads to link its main cities. One of these roads, the Via Augusta, the Ruta de la Plata (Silver Route), crossed this region, in the north-western part of the province of Seville, linking Baetica with Lusitania.

Camino a Santiago: Camino de Antequera Etapa 2
Camino de Santiago: Antequera Route Stage 2
Estepa

As you continue along the route, the Sierra Sur comes into view, becoming clearer and clearer as you advance. On the hill on which the Roman Ventippo sits (it belonged to the Santiago Commandery of Estepa 1267-1559), you can make out the silhouette of the Torre de la Victoria, without a doubt the most important landmark of the town of Estepa.

Camino a Santiago: Vía Serrana Etapa 1
Camino de Santiago: Serrana Route Stage 1
Coripe

You enter the province of Seville through the Peñón de Zaframagón Nature Reserve, which is an ornithological observatory, where the largest colony of griffon vultures in Andalusia has been recorded and where other birds such as owls, tawny owls and Egyptian vultures nest. The Sierra Greenway takes you to the first crags of the province, in Coripe.