Small municipality of the region of Saw Mágina placed in the this center of the same one. Most of his municipal term, included the downtown, it is part of the Park Native of Saw Mágina. On the oriental sector of the term they concentrate the cultivation areas, and only some small extensions of fruit trees break the supremacy of the olive tree. The local economy is based in the olive grove, principally, complemented with the presence of fruit trees and some sheep cattle in the deforestadas grounds mountain. Of Bélmez of the Moraleda wehave to emphasize his Castle, of origin medieval, that was declared a Historic monument in 1985.
If there is a tradition that it identifies to the region of Saw Mágina it is the Holiday of Moors and Christians, which also celebrates in villages of sand Campillo and Carchelejo.
Coinciding with the Management Holidays in honor of the Master of Life, from August 19 until August 21, develops the representation of Moors and Christians, a continuation of the Relations, therefore both complement each other forming a dramatic piece of big value culturally and historically.
The faces that appear in the soil of the house nº5 of the street Rodríguez Acosta de Bélmez, they constitute from 1.971 one of more clear magic references of the region. The origin of the fact, named like the phenomenon of "The faces of Belmez" to discover is still for , despite the numerous realized scientific studies. (Ftes. To see links)
