Totalan
Small, town with a population of 600 inhabitants is
set deep in "Los Montes de Málaga"
and is surrounded in its near entirety by the capital.
Its town centre is tight and white and crowns a small
hill, which comes down from "El Cerro de las
Herejías".
According to Mateo Gallego, the etymology of Totalán
is of Arabic origin and it means "tart".
The first documented references date from the time
of the Iberians. Already from Arabic origin, The Tower
of Salazar is found in the hill that overlooks and
dominates the sea and its mission was that of defending
the town from the coast. The said tower would be joined
in 1492 by "La Torre Totalán".
Towards the end of the Nineteenth Century, the town
was afflicted by the phylloxera which destroyed most
of its vines. Since then, the emigration has been
an inevitable fact and its population has been gradually
diminishing. Along with the above- mentioned towers,
the oldest and most important building is the Parish
Church of Santa Ana, dating from 1505. Furthermore,
a few kilometres from the town centre, is situated
the funeral structure of "El Cerro de la Corona",
which dates from between 4.000 to 3.000 B.C. In its
gastronomy, we can point out "la chanfaina"
and "el gazpacho veraniego", apart from
the excellent local wines.
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