Aroche
Huelva · Andalucía
Aroche (Portuguese: Arouche) is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Huelva, Andalusia. According to the 2025 municipal register, the town has a population of 2,991 inhabitants.
History
The Roman city of Arucci Turobriga, in the Hispania Baetica, was established during the reign of Augustus in 15-10 BC, probably as the merger of two older Celtic towns: Arucci and Turobriga. This city was located in the plains below current Aroche, by the Ermita de San Mamés. Although it has been speculated that this corresponds to the original Turobriga, it is still unclear whether this is the case, since there are barely any sources on Turobriga apart from a list of towns by Pliny the Elder and the epithet Turobrigensis applied to the local deity Ataegina.
Arucci Turobriga was mostly depopulated during the late Roman Empire and was later settled by the Almohades, who built its castle in the 12th century, during the reign of Abu Yaqub Yusuf, who also oversaw the construction of the Giralda in Seville. Similarly to Moura and Serpa, Aroche and Aracena may have been conquered by the Order of the Hospital and incorporated to the Kingdom of Portugal during the reign of Sancho II, circa 1230–1233, although it has been suggested the Christian occupation may have had to wait to the void of Muslim power in the area caused by the Fall of Seville in the late 1240s. The area, occupied by Afonso III of Portugal by 1251, was theoretically granted together with Aracena to the Crown of Castile in 1253, although the effective and definitive transfer happened in 1267 as settled in Treaty of Badajoz. In fact, Afonso III granted Aroche a fuero in 1255.
Monuments
•Ciudad romana de Turóbriga
•Antiguo Horno de Ladrillos
•Castillo de Aroche
What to visit
Museo del Rosario.
Colección arqueológica.
Castillo almohade (siglo XII).
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (siglo XVI).
Estadio Fútbol San Mames, en honor a su patrón.
Ciudad romana de Arucci Turobriga.
Ermita de San Mames.
Ermita del Cristo.
Puente de Felipe II.
Torre de San Ginés.
Muralla artillera (siglo XVII).
Casas señoriales.
Gallery
Festivals
November 2026
Festivals this month
- No festivals recorded this month.
Rest of the year
- May: San Isidro (15) · Romería de San Mamés (20)
- August: Feria de Agosto (20)
Trails and hiking
•Cañada Real Leonesa Occidental (Variente) (GR 42.1)
•Cortegana - Aroche (PR-A 1, 17 km)
•Aroche-Cortegana (PR-A 2)
Famous people
•Juan Villar Vázquez, futbolista español
Town hall
Alcaldía: Antonio Muñiz Carrasco
Web oficial: https://www.aytoaroche.es/
Town hall of Aroche
Alcaldía: Antonio Muñiz Carrasco Web oficial: https://www.aytoaroche.es/
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How to get there
- 🚗 96 km from Huelva (about 68 min by car)
- 🚗 130 km from Badajoz (about 92 min by car)
- 🚗 131 km from Sevilla (about 92 min by car)
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- ✈️ 133 km from Badajoz airport (about 94 min by car)
- ✈️ 138 km from Sevilla airport (about 97 min by car)
Practical info
🅿️ Where to park
- Where to park · 0.1 km away
- Where to park · 0.3 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- Repsol · 1.3 km away
🔭 Viewpoints
- Viewpoints · 0.4 km away
🏖️ Where to swim
- Piscina Municipal de Aroche · 1.2 km away
Wall
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