The first evidence of occupation were found in the town are, at the moment, the Neolithic. The Phoenician and Greek cultures presence is likely, although few remainders allowing to document them. On the other hand, the Roman occupation is indisputable in the light of the findings, especially at the site of the source of fuente del sol, one of the main towns of the period. After the Visigothic period, the Islamic invasion will mean for Alhaurin a revolution, and glory on agriculture, crafts and trade, among other sectors. Good example of the prosperity that is experienced is hydraulic as the Molino Morisco de los Corchos or fortresses such as the Tower of Hurique and Fahala Castle. He was also part of the Muslim Alhaurin one of the most representative of the town: The Arc of the shed, one of the entrance to the walled settlement.

Another of the importat events will happen in the 17TH century, when the people of Alhaurin buy it´s jurisdiction to the Crown, the town being included in the «Corregimiento de las cuatro villas». In the subsequent century, the town grows and appear chapels which are attached to the existing ones, such as thata of Cristo de las Agonías (1783) or San Gaudencio (1790). Of this century there is also references as the caves of the convent, donated by the brotherhood of the Vera Cruz to the Franciscanos for the establishment of a hospice. Alhaurin in 18th was enriched with palaces and stately homes. Proof of this is the Palace of Montellano, which grew to have the largest winery of Andalucía.