Frigiliana
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Frigiliana is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia
Andalusia
Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...

 in southern Spain
Spain
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. The municipality is situated approximately 71 kilometres from Málaga
Málaga
Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...

, the provincial capital, and approximately 6 kilometres from Nerja
Nerja
Nerja is a municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, southern Spain. It is on the country's southern Mediterranean coast, about 50 km east of Málaga.-History:...

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Main sights

  • Historic centre, including the Mudéjar
    Mudéjar
    Mudéjar is the name given to individual Moors or Muslims of Al-Andalus who remained in Iberia after the Christian Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity...

     quarter.
  • Castle of Lizar (9th century)
  • Hermitage of Santo Cristo de la Caña or of Ecce-Homo (18th century)
  • Palacio de los Condes de Frigiliana or El Ingenio (16th century). is the site of the last working cane molasses factory in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

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  • Church of St. Anthony (1676)
  • La Fuente Vieja (17th century)
  • Real Expósito (1767)
  • Palacio del Apero (17th century)
  • Roman fort
  • Archaeological findings from the Neolithic Age and the Roman and Phoenician civilizations.

Culture

For four days at the end of August each year, Frigiliana hosts the Festival of the Three Cultures (Festival de las Tres Culturas), celebrating the region's historic confluence and co-existence of Christian, Muslim and Jewish traditions.
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