The Axarquía o Ajarquía (pronounced both The Ajarquía) is a region located in the easternmost part of the province of Malaga (Spain), on the border with the province of Granada. The district stretches along the coast as much of the interior, and its coastal municipalities make up the Costa del Sol East. Its capital and [...]

Located in the Serranía de Ronda, between the Sierra de Cañete and Sierra Zorrito. Almargen identifies with the people of the plains that have their main livelihood in agriculture, in a landscape of olive groves, fields of grain and sunflower. There are many archaeological sites that confirm the existence of settlements from the Copper Age, [...]

Interesting Facts: Surface Area: 810 square kilometres Population: about 43.000 What the natives are called: Antequeranos Monuments: Renaissance fountain; the Colegiata de San Sebastián (Collegiate Church of Saint Sebastian); La Encarnación convent; Museo Municipal Palacio de Nájera (Municipal Museum); San José convent; Museo Conventual de las Descalzas (Convent Museum); the palace of the Marqueses de [...]

HISTORY AND LANDSCAPE Alameda is located in the Antequera region, in the northern area of the province and at the foot of the Sierra de la Camorra. It opens up onto a plane, speckled with small rises, and on the whole, covered with olive groves. It is the frontier between the Antequera depression and the [...]