Town hall

Of very ancient origin, as find proves it in his term of archaeological remains of the Period Calcolítico, Stone quarry was named in Epoch Phoenicia BEARD and, later, down Roman domain, when it seems that already it constituted like stable establishment, happened to be called ILIPULA MINOR , dedicated to the farm of his grounds. These urban establishments would stay active during the Epoch Visigoda. In the times of the Arab domination the town stayed reduced to a village or farmhouse joining to Steppe, like annex, after the Reconquest.

The name of Stone quarry sends us to as, in medieval times, town had turned into bullets supplier for those his first cannons of artillery that were using stone ammunition, reaching a fame in this matter for the excellent quality of his quarries dedicated to the making of these bullets. Other one well-known version is that for the restoration of the castle of Steppe and for the construction of the roadway that was leading of Steppe to Seville the Stone quarry quarries put themselves in development to extract necessary material. From here the current name of this one could arise municipality of the Sevillian South Saw.

Religious and civil monuments:

Church of San Sebastian
Chapel of the Saint Christ de la Sangre
Chapel of the Virgin of Carmen
Some dispersed Stately House,
typical farming houses with the ancient disposition,
an ancient hospital of the XVIIth century

The Candlemas (February 1) is The most surprising holiday of this one locality and one of more darlings for his neighbors. They all 1 of in February light more than 500 bonfires in the locality. On 18:30, all at the same time, hundreds light in Stone quarry of bonfires that give to the Town a surprising appearance and ancestral. The previous days it is interesting to see as there are gathered, for part of young and major, the branches of the olive tree (his pruning serves of base for the bonfires) and pile up in the doors of the houses.