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 PENA DE LOS ENAMORADOS (LOVERS' ROCK)
Just outside of Antequera is a rock, the symbol of eternal love, described in a legend which tells the impossible love between a Christian man and a Moorish girl, who chose to throw themselves from the top of the rock rather than renounce their love. Also known locally as The Indian, as, from a distance it looks like the head of an American Indian with full head-dress.
PISTOLEROS AND HIGHWAYMEN:
Malagas most famous bandit Luis Munoz Garcia, known as EL BIZCO DEL EL BORGE, The Cross-eyed man from El Borge, was born in El Borge in 1837. He was bloodthirsty and treacherous and committed his first crime in Alfarnate when he murdered El Chirrina. They were both in love with the same woman, and El Chirrina informed the Guardia Civil of a hit El Bizco was planning.
The so called "CURA DE RIOGORDO" - Priest of Riogordo, commanded a band of guerillas, and was so brave that he even dared to attack the French in their own quarters escaping time and time again. He also persecuted the highwaymen who committed crimes around the Riogordo area.
In the middle of the 16th century Alcaucin saw the tortures and deaths of many Moors, one of the most famous being the murder of the inn-keeper called "EL MELLAO" and his wife. The Christian reprisals in return provoked a Moorish rebellion.
ANDRES EL XORAIRAN earned himself the name of "The Highwayman of Canillas del Aceituno" after his many attacks on the village and neighbouring Velez-Malaga. |
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 Surely the most famous of all must be "EL TEMPRANILLO", The Earlybird", whose grave, in the patio of the parish church of Alameda, is surrounded by arches, flowers and palm trees, and crowned by a stone cross and Andalucian tiles showing the death certificate of this legendary character. The inscription reads "El Rey de Sierra Morena" (The King of the Sierra Morena). El Tempranillio was betrayed and murdered in Alameda by a bandit from Estepa, Jose Maria "El Barbarillo".
Lastly the inn at Alfarnate was used as a shelter by the many highwaymen, villains and adventurers who sowed terror, but also admiration, throughout these parts. The inn is now run as a restaurant and museum and is well worth a visit. |
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