Frigiliana
The stunning beautiful village of Frigiliana lies
to the north of Nerja in the Tejeda sierra and its
narrow white streets crowned with flower-laden balconies
include the best-preserved Mudejar quarter in the
region.
Frigiliana is famous for the battle of the Peñón
de Frigiliana in 1568 when thousands of Moriscos were
killed or expelled from the village where generations
upon generations had lived before them. Monuments
of note in the village include the Moorish castle
and the San Antonio church, as well as just about
every street.
Location
Situated in the eastern zone of La Axarquía,
we find this small town of 2.200 inhabitants.
Sights
The Lizar Castle ancient fortification, serves as
an ornamental top to its stoned and strongly sloping
streets, amongst which we find its famous Mudejar
district, the best kept in the whole of Andalucía.
The first human remains found in the town date back
to the end of the Neolithic Age (3.000 B.C). Its name:
frexinius, meaning "town-house", comes
from the Roman Era. But the birth of the town around
the farmstead dates from the Ninth and Tenth Centuries.
The Battle of "El Peñón de Frigiliana",
in which the Moorish Rebellion was stifled, took place
on its lands. Form the Seventeenth Century onwards,
there is a social and economic organisation of the
town and, during the Nineteenth Century, marked by
the parties of bandits, the earthquake of 1884 and
the phylloxera, it comes to have a population of over
3.200 inhabitants, figure which has never been surpassed
to date.
Apart from the Archaeological sites, obliged visits
are to the Parish Church of San Antonio, hailing from
the Seventeenth Century; to the Palace of Manrique
de Lara, from the Sixteenth Century, which at present
houses the only existing molasses factory in Europe;
to the Shrine of Ecce Homo, hailing from the Eighteenth
Century; to the Reales Expósitos, an old asylum
built in 1767; and to the "Palacio del Apero".
Festivities
Apart from its fair, which starts on the 5th of August,
its local holidays or festivities, in honour of San
Sebastian and which are held on the 20th of Janury,
and the flamenco singing contest, "Villa de
Frigiliana", which is held between May and June,
are of interest.
Gastronomy
The fried calf in almond sauce or cooked in garlic,
"las migas", "ajocolorao",
"potajes de coles y de Semana Santa" and
the cod pancakes are some of the typical dishes of
the place. On the subject of desserts and sweets,
one has to taste "la arropía" and
"las batatillas con miel de caña",
made locally.
Services
The village has few services apart from some small
shops, numerous restaurants and cafés and limited
sports facilities. The village is connected to nearby
Nerja by a bus service which runs from Mondays to
Saturdays.
Usefull Information
Local Holidays. 20th January and 3rd May
Distance from Malaga Airport 64km
Town Hall: 952-533-002
Property
Property prices are between 150.000€ apartment
and 500.000 € a villa.
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