Torre Alháquime
Torre Alháquime is a small village and civil parish between Ronda and Olvera in Cádiz province in Andalusia ( southern Spain ), located on the Ruta de los Pueblos Blancos ( White Villages ).
The village is built on a steep hill and is partially supported by the remains of the old city wall. Deep down, the river Río Guadalporcún winds past the place.
Supposedly the foundation of this place dates back to the time of the Phoenicians; but there is here no clear sources, neither documentary nor the archaeological Art is why the foundation is usually dated to the period of Roman occupation. At that time, Torre Alháquime was used as a resting place of the Legion and had the name Castra Gemina.
The present name dates from the time of the Almohads and combines the Latin word Turris ( Tower ) and with the Arabic name Al- Haqim ( " the Wise", a proper name ). It is said that at that time the ruler in the tower of the place, in other words, the mayor, a wise man was. So the place had come to his name.
After more than a few skirmishes, the village was taken in 1485 during the Reconquista ( reconquest ) by the Catholic Monarchs ( los Reyes Catolicos ).
The surrounding area of Torre Alháquime is dominated by agriculture, mainly through the olive groves.