Almogia – Malaga – Luv inland

Almogia in Malaga is small pretty inland town roughly halfway between Malaga and Antequera and is rightly proud of its name. It derives from the Moorish al-megia or al-mexia, ‘the pretty one’, a reference to its position in the foothills of the Sierra del Hacho, in the shadow of the Sancti Petri peak.

Local information

Ayuntamiento de Almogia
Plaza de la Constitucion, 29150 Almogia (Malaga)
Telephone: 952-430-025
http://www.almogia.es/


Residents 3770	Health Clinic	Bars, shops, restaurants	Schools	Municipal pool	Beach 33 min

Golf nearby	Antequera 35Km Malaga 30Km Granada 100Km Seville 204Km	Bus and train services	Malaga airport 30Km	Granada airport 108Km	Seville airport 204Km

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Main information

The pretty hill town and its setting makes Almogia in Malaga an ideal base for arboreal agriculture such as cork, olives and almonds, as well as crafts employing esparto grass. The village’s worker cooperatives are famous for their hats, which were worn by Spanish soldiers during the Cuban wars of the 19th century. The town Almogia also has a reputation for fine saddle making.

The castle, known as the Hins-Xan-Biter (Sancti-Petri, after the mountain) is the most prominent structure in Almogia, although most of it is in ruins. The town’s most remarkable church is the Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion, built over the ruins of a Moorish mosque deliberately destroyed after the Reconquest. The Ermita de las Tres Cruces is located between the towns of Álora, Cartama and Almogia. This chapel is highly valued because it is where the most important verdiales festival in the region is celebrated annually.

Almogia in Malaga is known ass “the cradle of the Verdiales”, the rich local style of flamenco based on a country variant of fandango, itself probably based on Arabic musical forms. Almogia hosts an important Verdiales festival every first week in August.