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General InformationThey have found remains of pottery and other items in El Cerro del Carranque, El Llano de la Virgen, and El Cerro del Aljibe Cistern. The neighbours of Coin have donated several archaeological remains which are going to be exposed in a museum still to be built. These remains found in the village make us think that, due to the good weather and plenty of water in the area, there were settlers from very early times. But most historians think that Coin's foundation took place in the Moslem times, during Omar Ben Hafsum's revolt against the emirate of Cordoba.Near the foundations of the Castke Castro Dakwan was built. It is what we nowadays call the neighbourhood of the Albaizín, the old city's town. Here the first people to settle down were falconers. The neighbourhood is surrounded by an Arabic wall. The first population nucleos was established in it. It has plenty of mills, which were built taking advantage of the motive force of the local rivers. This is why this village is linked to the water. With the Christian reconquest, in 1485, it was destroyed after the neighbours' strong resistence. Dakwan's former mosque was turned into the first church, Santa Maria de la Encarnación. Soon after, the Catholic Queen ordered another church, San Juan Church, to be built on the frounds of a moslem castle. The people of Coin, have great faith in the Virgin of Fuensanta, patron of this village. Every year, in July, thousands of local people and people from other places, come in pilgrimage. In the suburbs many convents were built for the benefit ot the Augustians and the Trinitarian monks. We should highlight the role of the bishops of Malaga, who attracted by the good weather, plenty of water and fertile lands, turned the village into a place of rest, raising the Episcopal Palace, a very characteristic building in the villa. We should also mention the "hornacinas" or niches, where modest images of the Crucified Christ are displayed, candles and flower branches are added. The trade of citrus fruits is very important in Coin, as the quality of oranges, lemons and mandarins is excellent. Oven-made bread is also very popular, in many cases the dough is keaned by hand and the ovens are fueled with wood. In the pastry shop you can find the famous "roscos", a bread-based pastry filled with fig. |
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