Vélez-Málaga

Vélez-Málaga is a Andalouse municipality of the Province of Málaga, in Spain, capital of comarque of Axarquía, which has 25 kilometers of maritime coast. This city exists under this name since its first catholic mayor in 1487.

Vélez-Málaga is composed of the old center, with agricultural activities and of agricultural processing industry, and Torre del Mar, balneal city of 25.000 inhabitants built as from 1965 on the delta of the Vélez river, considered for its fish restaurants.

Town planning and displacements

Vélez-Málaga has a Aérodrome (aerodrome of Axarquía), located at three kilometers in the north of the city, and a very close fishing port, being on the locality of Caleta. The highway Méditerranéen A7/E15 separates the town of Vélez-Málaga with Torre del Mar and Caleta de Vélez, while connecting the city Vélez-Málaga with the Andalusian capital Malaga as well as the remainder of the coast. A-356 road connects the Vélez-Málaga city with the north of the country and the Mediterranean coast. There exist other local roads which establish the Vélez-Málaga connection, with other municipalities of comarque, like Arenas or Algarrobo.

Connections bus: Vélez/Málaga - Vélez/Torre del Mar - Vélez/Nerja - Vélez/Almayate and Vélez/Caleta. The schedules of the urban bus are every 27 minutes, but in practice they is all the 30 to 45 minutes. It is necessary to count normally a delay of 5 minutes the morning and a delay from 10 to 20 minutes the afternoon.

The first phase of the startup of the municipal Tramway is on the way between the church (San Andrés) Holy Andre at Torre del Mar and the park Jurado Lorca at Vélez-Málaga . Currently a polemic is born on the danger which this course with the automobile traffic represents. As it is about a first in Andalusia, one second phase of work of the tram is started on the northern zone of the city, more precisely with the Andalucía park.

History

Some found documents show that the Phénicien S were established with Toscanos and Chorreras, about the 8th century before Jesus-Christ, on the coasts close to Vélez.

Thereafter, the Romain S are established on Mediterranean banks of Maenoba or Manoba, old town of Spain in the Bétique regarded as old the Vélez-Malaga.

With the 13th century, several agglomerations like Almayate, Benajarafe, Pedupel, Cajiz, Íberos, etc… are born around the city from Calve for the manpower needs for the farms. Between the XII and the 16th century the city knows a rich person existence literary and philosophical like Idrisi, Abulfeda, Ibn Battuta and Abd-Al-Basit. Es como will higuera it of Vélez, todo el that llega cuelga known zurrón” ( zurrón : Leather bag which the shepherds used to carry their meal) - It is as the fig tree of Calve, it is enough to gather it to fill its bag , quotation of the poet nazarí Ibn Asim (1358 - 1426), which formerly reflects the thought on the area of Vélez-Málaga at time.

Near to Vélez, one discovers the important fortress of Bentomiz, located on a height where is the current municipal terminus of the Tramway of the “Arenas”.

The city abdicates the April 27th 1487, and the king Ferdinand II of Aragon enters the city the May 3rd 1487 by the large strengthened door puerta of Granada , for the transfer of power between the former mayor nazarí Abul Cassin and the nomination of the new Christian mayor Diego Arias. All the inhabitants nazaríes were expelled with more the share of their goods, generous privilege, to have capitulated as of the first hostilities with kindness and humanity.

Thereafter the town of Torre del Mar will be conquered by the Christian troops and will be entrusted to Ruiz López de Toledo, which will be resold and offered to the town of Vélez-Málaga. In 1503 it will be it tower of the town of Torrox, and in 1571, the king Charles Quint of Spain, will issue the possession of Torre del Mar and part of Vélez-Málaga. In 1640 Frigiliana, will declare independent municipality.

Demography

In 2006 the town of Vélez-Málaga has a population of 67.697 inhabitants (National institute of the statistics (Spain)), which represents the third city of the Province of Málaga, just behind the town of Marbella.

A rather great community gipsy, come into 1991 from Seville, is installed in the districts of the villa , the Gloria , " Carabanchel ", " tired Malvinas "); foreigners without Spanish nationality 2.743 (2003): China trade and restaurants; Black Africa and North Africa (primarily coming from the Morocco).

Geographical location

Almayate : City located at 28 kilometers in the East of Málaga and at three kilometers in the west of Torre del Mar
Benajarafe: City located at 12 kilometers of Calve-Malaga and 20 kilometers of Málaga
Cajiz: City located at 30 kilometers in the North-East of Málaga and at 6 kilometers in the North-West of Torre del Mar
Caleta de Vélez: City located at 35 kilometers of Málaga and at 2 kilometers of Torre del Mar
Chilches: City located at 24 kilometers in the East of Málaga and at 8 kilometers in the west of Torre del Mar
El Capitán: City located at 3 kilometers of Calve-Malaga
Lagos: City located at 5 kilometers in the East of Calve-Malaga
Los Puertas: City located at 27 kilometers in the East of Málaga and at five kilometers in the west of Torre del Mar
Mezquitilla: City located at 4 kilometers in the East of Calve-Malaga
Trapiche: City located at 2 kilometers in the north of Calve-Malaga
Triana: City located at 5 kilometers with the North-north-west of Calve-Malaga

Districts and districts

Vélez-Málaga is on the coast, at the edge of the Mediterranean, located at 35 km. of Málaga. The commune is divided with:

North

District del Pilar
northern Reñidero
industrial Park

Historical center

the Villa
Fortaleza
Gloria
Stream of San Sebastián
San Francisco

Is

Road of Arenas
Way of Algarrobo
El Limonar

Center

new District of Axarquía " Carabanchel"
Subdued It
Real Bajo
Quartier of Legión
Capuchinos
Vieille street of Málaga

South

industrial Polygone Subdued It

Famous characters

María Zambrano : Philosopher and Spanish essay writer
Fernando Hierro: Footballer
Evaristo Guerra: Painter
Federico Vahey: Minister for the justice of Isabelle II of Spain.

Anecdote

Medium of the 19th century, during only one year, Vélez-Málaga was integrated into Torre del Mar between 1842 and 1848, but for economic reasons the two communes will take again their municipal autonomy, with the greatest joy of the inhabitants.

1 - Comme shows it the gazetteer: “Diccionario Geográfico Estadístico Histórico de España known there posesiones of ultramar” of Pascual Madoz .

To see

Towards the end of September and at the beginning of October, the city celebrates the Réal Féria of San Miguel , most important of the year.
Another religious holiday of less importance, but adored inhabitants of the city, is the commemoration of Veladilla el Carmen .
Between November and December, is held an exposure of the cartoon in Vélez-Málaga".
the museum of the contemporary art.
the museum of the Muslim world and archaeological discoveries of Toscanos.
the museum of the arts and the popular traditions being in the buildings of the old factory Larios located at Torre del Mar.

Culinary specialities

The kitchen of Vélez-Málaga of origin phenician and Arabic, is very rich in savor and often wine-based and of olive oil:

Guisado of calabaza, the Wasted, the berza, the Gazpacho, Cocido de Col, the ajoblanco and the ajobacalao, which prepare in Holy Week, and the chambao.
maimones, and the famous mostachones, tortas of aceite, roscos of vino, cachorreñas and the batatas asadas.

External bonds

Official site of the town of Vélez-Málaga
Satellite image Google de Vélez Málaga

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