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Cuevas de San Marcos
Cuevas de San Marcos Location in Andalusia
Cuevas de San Marcos Location in Spain
Coordinates: 37°03′N 04°23′W / 37.05°N 4.383°W / 37.05; -4.383
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Province	Province of Málaga
Comarca	Nororma
Area
• Total	37 km2 (14 sq mi)
Elevation	422 m (1,385 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,097
• Density	110.73/km2 (286.8/sq mi)
Demonym	Cuevachos
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	29210
Website	www.cuevasdesanmarcos.es

Cuevas de San Marcos is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated in the northern part of the Antequera region, on the border of the province of Córdoba from the river valley of Genil to the Sierra Malnombre and Camorro de Cuevas Altas. It is also located within the comarca of Nororma. It borders the provinces of Granada and Cordoba to the north, the comarcs of La Axarquía to the south and Antequera to the west. The town is situated at an altitude of 420 meters above sea level.

By road Cuevas de San Marcos is located 88 kilometers from Málaga and 487 km from Madrid. It is a farming village, with a predominance of olive growing and oil production of the "Hojiblanca" variety. Its name comes from its patron saint, Mark the Evangelist, and its famous Cave of Belda.

Cuevas de San Marcos has a population of approximately 4,000 residents. It covers an area of ​​about 37.50 km². The natives are called Cuevachos.

History[link]

The history of the town of Cuevas de San Marcos traces its beginnings to 1806. Formerly known as Cuevas Altas, its separation from Antequera was what led to his establishment as an independent municipality, receiving the new name as it is known today. At the foot of Sierra Camorro, sits this villa, which has all the progress of life that has taken place throughout history. Before it was knows as Ciudad de Belda. It stands at the foot of a mountain, where there is a cave called Belda, which is located on the north side of the town and belonging to mountain range called the "Sierra del Camorro." The mountain range consists of limestone and marls from the Jurassic period at a height of 907 meters. Situated on the summit of this mountain is a Paleolithic site leaving open the possibility in the past the existence of a castle and its forts, which were destroyed by the Moors.^{[citation needed]} Within the cave, the existence of at least three lakes and numerous galleries is known of, which shows kilometers of stalactites, formed over decades. In the first lake, remains of an ancient burial site were found and in the other two lakes pottery was found. Both can found in the City Museum or the Provincial Archaeological Museum.

External links[link]

• Official website

Coordinates: 37°03′00″N 4°22′59″W / 37.050°N 4.383°W / 37.050; -4.383

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Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles (California) and is pursuing a solo career.

Biography[link]

His family moved to Montreal, Canada to escape Pinochet's dictatorship^{[citation needed]}. He got married (by a Mapuche rite in Chile) to Estela Mora in 2001. They have two children, Martina (1987) and Diego (1992).

Music career[link]

During a 1988 trip to Santiago Beto met La Ley’s drummer, Mauricio Claveria. The drummer invited Bet Since then, Beto Cuevas has been one of the main creative forces behind the band, writing and singing all of his tracks. Many band observers credit his early years in North America as the greatest influence in La Ley’s sound, which is unique among Chilean and Latin American bands.

In 1998, he recorded the song "La nave del olvido", for the album "Volcán: Tributo a José José", a tribute album to iconic Mexican singer José José. Beto has also been working on some small musical projects, including the song "Loud" which is a collaboration with Masters At Work ("Little Louie" Vega & Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez) and was released in 2006 on the MAW upcoming album. He also recycled the song Mentira, which was originally featured on the La Ley MTV Unplugged, and made a new version to be featured on the soundtrack for the movie La mujer de mi hermano.

Other musical projects include a collaboration with Chilean band Los Prisioneros on their 2004 album Manzana where Beto stepped in to play synthesizers, guitars and vocals on the songs "Insatisfacción", a reversion of the Rolling Stones classic "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", and "Eres Mi Hogar". Beto plays the role of an Opus Dei priest in the film La mujer de mi hermano and appears in the film Borderland by director Zev Berman, where Beto plays a satanic cult leader. He is also getting ready to work on his first starring role on the film Una Vez Mas from director Ricardo DeMontreuil due for release in 2007, and which features Beto as a philosophy professor.

In September 2008, Cuevas released Miedo Escenico, an album he produced along with Steve Tushar and Aureo Baqueiro.^[1] The record was released in Latin America on September 23, 2008 and in the United States on September 30, 2008 by Warner Brothers.^[2] In May 2008, Beto went on the road to undertake an American tour and in September/October 2008 he played several venues in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Santiago, Chile to promote the new album. The first single off the record was "Vuelvo" for which a music video was also made, produced by Cuevas.

Discography[link]

Solo albums[link]

Albums with La Ley[link]

• 1990: Desiertos
• 1991: Doble Opuesto
• 1993: La Ley
• 1994: Cara de Dios
• 1995: Invisible
• 1998: Vértigo
• 2000: Uno
• 2001: La Ley MTV Unplugged
• 2003: Libertad
• 2004: Historias e Histeria

Film career[link]

Cuevas portrayed the character Padre Santiago in the 2005 Mexican film La mujer de mi hermano (English: My brother's woman). Cuevas played also a bigger role as the character Santillan in the 2007 American film Borderland

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