Macael is famous for its marble quarries, from which 80% of all Spanish marble is extracted today. Substantial monuments such as the El Escorial Monastery, the Mezquita of Córdoba and the Alhambra in Granada have been constructed with this marble, but the material is also used for local projects, with marble statues lining the streets and squares of the town, which has around 5,400 inhabitants.

Tourist Office in Macael

Festivals in Macael: Cabalgata de Reyes Magos, Carnaval, Semana Santa, Día de San Marcos, Fiesta de San José Obrero, Cruces de Mayo, Romería de la Virgen de Fátima, Fiesta de San Antonio, Fiestas de San Juan and more.

Macael marble has been used throughout history, from Phoenician coffins to the pavilions of the Universal Exhibition of Seville in 1992. Although the use of its marble dates back to ancient times, we can only track the history Macael as a municipality as far back as the tenth and eleventh centuries, during the Al-Andalus period.