Alhaurín el Grande
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Alhaurín el Grande is a town located in the
.It covers an area of 73.1 km2 extending from the northern slope of the Sierra de Mijas and the plain of the
The origin of the name was given by the
It is situated between the river Fahala and the stream of Blas González. The coast is close by and there is a network of roads to get there. There is a road to Málaga Airport and Torremolinos, which takes about 30 minutes by car. A new road was built in 2010 connecting the town with Fuengirola and the beach which is only 20 minutes drive. There is also another new road to Marbella, to the southwest with Mijas just along a winding road round the mountain. From Alhaurín there is a view over the "Hoya de Málaga", Málaga's vale, full of lemon trees and other fruit trees.
Villafranco del Guadalhorce is a village within Alhaurín el Grande's municipal territory. It was founded by colonist families in the 1950s[2] and subsidized by the Instituto Nacional de Colonización of the Spanish government.
Geography
Alhaurin el Grande is located on the north side of the Sierra de Mijas at a height of 326 meters above sea level, with a benign climate of mild winters and hot summers and more than two thirds of the days per year have sunshine. It is 29 km from Málaga and 18 km from Marbella.
Its inhabitants are known as alhaurinos. It is the thirteenth largest city in the entire province of Málaga in population, second only to coastal municipalities, the cities of
History
In the municipality traces of different civilizations have been found, from the oldest to abundant Roman and Moorish remains. The municipality of Alhaurín el Grande has seen the history of Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Visigoths and Arabs that have settled nearby.
In the forested areas southeast of Alhaurín el Grande, there are traces of Neolithic occupation, witnesses to the long history of human habitation of the area. These traces were found at Las Huertas Altas and near La Casa Forestal.
Subsequently, the agricultural growth of the place took a big leap in quality with the arrival of the Greeks, who left their methods of cultivating the land, olive trees and prune grafted vines.
By the time the
It was a golden age which became a little tarnished during the time of the
The
Demography
Monuments and places of interest
- Arco árabe del Cobertizo
- Columnas romanas de la Plaza de Ayuntamiento
- Iglesia de la Encarnación (Alhaurín el Grande)|Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación
- Ermita de San Sebastián
- Ermita de la Santa Vera Cruz
- Ermita del Cristo de las Agonías
- Ermita de San Antón
- Ruinas de la Fortaleza de Fahala o Castillo de la Reina
- Torre vigia de Urique
- Fuente Lucena o de los Doce Caños
- Molino de la Paca
- Molino morisco de los Corchos y de Maroto o Galiano
- Porton de San Rafael
- Casa Consistorial, Cripta del antiguo convento franciscano
- Casa-Hermandad Museo de la Hermandad de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno
- Casa-Hermandad Museo de la Cofradía de la Santa Vera Cruz
- Museo del Pan, El Colmenero de Alhaurín
- Biblioteca Municipal "Ildefonso Marzo"
- Teatro Antonio Gala
- Parque La Libertad
Main sights
Some traces of the village's ancient past have survived. There is the 12th Century
Metropolitan Bus
Malaga Metropolitan Transport Consortium's (Consorcio de Transporte Metropolitano del Área de Málaga) [3] buses are the main form of transport around the city of Málaga and the villages of the Metropolitan Area.
Notable people
- Antonio Tejero, Spanish former Lieutenant Colonel of the Guardia Civil, and the most prominent figure in the failed 1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt
- Gerald Brenan, a British writer and hispanist who spent much of his life in Spain and died in Alhaurin el Grande.
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Decreto del Ministerio de la Gobernación del 6 de julio del año 1956
- ^ http://www.ctmam.es Malaga Metropolitan Transport Consortium