Malaga Villages Information:
MIJAS HISTORY |
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It is believed that Mijas was founded
by the ancient Turdetanos from the mysterious Tartessian civilization.
The Romans made Mijas a fortress which dominated the coast from its
privileged position on the side of the Sierra de Mijas at an altitude
of 425 metres above sea level, the Mijas peak rises behind the village
to a height of 1.150 metres. The walled enclosure was probably situated
where the main parish church and the bullring are today, all accounts
agree that it was called Tamisa, later on the moors named it "Mixa",
they made the walls higher and more solid and extended the existing
urban centre. There are still are few remains of the outer walls of
the fortress. In the 9th century when Omar Ibn Hafsun led his rebellion
many of the people from Mijas joined forces with him because they
were crippled by taxes, this was the case of many other people in
different places.
In 1487 the Christian army took the village, five years before the
Kingdom of Granada fell. Mijas became a military headquarter during
the fighting that followed. Despite their defeat a lot of the Moorish
population chose to stay, Christians came from the north to join them
and repopulate the area. Mijas was loyal to Queen Juana, who was known
as the "Ioca" or mad queen, during the popular uprising
of the war of the "Comunidades" or communities and in 1512
in gratitude she gave Mijas the title of "Villa" together
with an even more precious reward of being made exempt of paying sales
tax. Later on the crown granted Mijas another title of "Very
Loyal". The area of Mijas is mostly mountainous with growing
developments along the coast and on the gentler parts of the mountain
slopes before they plung into the sea. The Pasadas and Ojen rivers
cross this area, they join to form the river Fuengirola which flows
into the sea almost o the limits between Fuengirola and Mijas: TheMunicipality,
one of the largest in the Province of Malaga, with 147 km2 is divided
into three urban areas: Mijas, Las Lagunas and La Cala. |
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