Cerro del Villar

Cerro del Villar
Location in the Province of Málaga
Location in Andalusia
Location in Spain
LocationMálaga
RegionSpain
Coordinates36°40′19″N 4°27′49″W / 36.67194°N 4.46361°W / 36.67194; -4.46361
TypeCity
History
Abandoned584 BC
PeriodsNinth century BC
CulturesNinth century BC, Phoenicia
Site notes
Discovered1960
ArchaeologistsMaría Eugenia Aubet (2003)
ConditionBIC
OwnershipCity de Málaga
Public accessClosed

Cerro del Villar, located in the mouth of Guadalhorce river, southern Spain, was a Phoenician city founded in the ninth century BC or eighth century BC. It was abandoned possibly in 584 BC. Since 2003, there have not been any archeological excavations. Previous excavations were directed by María Eugenia Aubet.

It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural on 9 June 1998.