Stone quarry is located in northern spurs of the bética mountain range, next to the mountain range of Becerrero, in the region of the Sevillian South mountain range, distando of capital 111 kms. Communicated well on the A-92, also it counts on own railway station that maintains iron connections with Seville, Malaga and Granada through regional trains of neighborhoods.
Its municipal term has a surface of 60.32 km2 and its altitude on the level of the sea is of 458 meters, being able to enjoy his more than five thousand inhabitants a typical Mediterranean climate.

Its heráldica simbología indicates that the "battery of spherical bullets of tube" remembers the historical fact to us of to have made in the municipality bullets for pedreros tubes. "cupulín" maintained by columns represents the fact to us that of the quarries of Stone quarry the stones were extracted with which the most sumptuous buildings of the neighboring Steppe and the rest of the region were constructed. Their "two gumias Arab or daggers" mean how Stone quarry was threatened by the Arab troops at the time of reconquers it by its two flanks, when the border was located here. The real crown is modern, with meridians, globe and cross, and it sends us to the category to the historical fact of the elevation of City council, independent of the Steppe jurisdiction, in 1557.

Of origin very old, like finding proves it in his term of rest archaeological of period calcolítico, Stone quarry was denominated in time Phoenician BEARD and, later, under dominion Roman, when it seems that already it was constituted like stable establishment, happened to be called ILIPULA MINOR, dedicated to the agricultural operation of his earth. These urban establishments would stay assets during the time visigoda. In the times of the Arab domination the villa was reduced to a village or farmhouse being united to Steppe, like attached, after Reconquista.
The name of Stone quarry sends to us to how, medieval times, the villa had become provider of bullets for those first tubes of artillery that used the stone ammunition, reaching a reputation in this matter by the excellent quality of its quarries dedicated to the elaboration of these projectiles. Another well-known version is that for the restoration of the Steppe castle and for the construction of the road that took from Steppe to Seville they put in operation the quarries of Stone quarry to remove the necessary material. From the present name of this municipality of the Sevillian South mountain range could here arise.
In 1557, Stone quarry obtained the real privilege to be able to constitute like own city council, happening to be villa. Later, in 1837, when suppressing itself the jurisdictional señoríos, would let belong to the Marquesado de Estepa, becoming Constitutional City council.

Stone quarry is an eminently olivarero town whose olive groves it leaves one of best oils of the region. To this productive sector initiatives of enterprise character of importance mainly in the stone and the wood have been united in the last years. Also it emphasizes the sector cattle, as much goat as pig and bovine.
An oil oil mill, a cooperative of construction equipments, several mechanical companies of masonry and aids of the construction, some factories, several marble companies and stone and salt mines, constitute, next to the prolífica commercial activity, the economic weave of Stone quarry. Perhaps but the one is the sector of the stone that excels with own name since two great companies exist that they generate more than 50 jobs.
The enterprising culture of this municipality has found its development in the industrial estate South Center and the extension of this one with the Industrial Park "Old Mother of the Water", in phase of development and urbanization, an investment of more of million four hundred thousand euros for 50,000 m2 that will allow the installation of 54 new companies.

The labor formation also has an outstanding paper since until 2003 it counted on a School Factory, ' pedreracalidad.com', dedicated to the optical fiber that took care of 26 young people of the locality in that technological matter formativamente. The case that occurred this school factory was pioneering in Spain by the subject that treated whose works were centered in the wiring with optical fiber of the local industrial estate. At the moment, another school factory, denominated ' Juan Ramon Kings and Jaén', is acting in the restoration of the main religious buildings of the municipality. Between the formation modules excels, by its newness as much in the locality as in all the region, the dedicated one to the embroidering with which some ornamentales elements of the churches and brotherhoods of Stone quarry will be able to be recovered.