HISTORY OF MIJAS

Mijas was part of Turdetania, and there are still some remains from that era located in the present of its town wall. Its rich mines were worked by Phoenicians and Greeks, and the ores set to the Far East in small ships.

The city was called Tamisa by the Romans, and it was an important commercial centre close to the via Appìa linking Malaga and Cadiz. The city was occupied by Arabs for many centuries, until its reconquest by the Christian Monarch in 1492.

The city belonged to the kingdom of Ben Hafsun until it was reconquered by Abderraman III .

Mijas fight bravely against the conquest by the catholic armies, by after the subdue of Malaga to the Catholic Monarchs, Mijas surrender itself to the Monarchs.

During the war between the Communities, Mijas remained faithful to the Emperor, for that reason, the queen Doña Juana, as per Royal Mandat on the 2nd. January 1521, confered the town the title of Villa.

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