🧿 Cabezo Redondo

Cabezo Redondo is a Bronze Age archaeological site located on a hill 2 km from Villena, Alicante. It was not a mere village but a true regional center inhabited between 1500 and 1100 BC, likely belonging to the Argaric culture. It is speculated that the first investigations were conducted by Juan Vilanova i Piera around 1870, although it was the archaeologist José María Soler who began systematic studies in 1959 after discovering several metal objects. In the spring of 1963, he unearthed the Cabezo Redondo treasure, now preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Villena. By then, much of the site had been lost due to local gypsum quarries, but since that year, the remaining area has been protected and studied.