Nerja (Maro, Málaga)

Nerja cave is located in Maro, in the municipality of Nerja (Málaga, Andalucía, Spain). The cave opens into the Dolomitic marble of the Middle Triassic, 940 meters from the current coast and 158 meters above sea level. It is located on the southeast slope of the Almijara mountain range, within the La Alpujarra complex of the Bética mountain range.

Its access was discovered in 1959, and has been extensively studied under the direction of M. Pellicer, A.M. de la Quadra Salcedo, J.M. Muñoz, F.J. Jordá and J.L. Sanchidrián, among others. The archaeological research of this last researchers and his research team (MA Medina-Alcaide, AJ Torres, etc.) stands out (still ongoing), increasing the extensive known rock art ensemble (paleolithic and post-paleolithic), located along more than half of the 5,000 meters of its topographic development, they have located and studied thousands of remains dispersed along the endokarst (charcoals, fixed lamps, fires, lithic industry, burials, etc.). All of them talk about the life of the cave, both in Palaeolithic times -Gravettian, Solutrean and Magdalenian- and in post-Paleolithic times.