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Frigiliana is located in Spain
Frigiliana
Frigiliana
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 36°47′N 3°54′W / 36.783°N 3.900°W / 36.783; -3.900
KintraSpain Spain
Autonomous commontyAndalusie Andalusie
ProvinceMálaga
ComarcaAxarquía - Costa del Sol
Govrenment
 • MayorJavier López Ruiz
Area
 • Total41 km2 (16 sq mi)
Elevation
320 m (1,050 ft)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total3,071
 • Density75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Frigilianenses, Aguanosos
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Frigiliana is a toun an municipality in the province o Málaga, pairt o the autonomous commonty o Andalusie in soothren Spain. The municipality is situatit approximately 71 kilometres east o Málaga, the provincial caipital, an approximately 6 kilometers north o Nerja. It is locatit in the comarca o La Axarquía, the eastmaist region o the province, an integratit intae the judicial destrict o Torrox.[1]

Moorish-Mudéjar destrict

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This is the auld destrict inhabitit bi the Moors afore an efter the Reconquista. Its name Mudéjar is uised tae describe the airchitectural style uised bi Arab craftsmen wirkin in Christian territory. The quairter is made up o steep cobbled alleyweys windin past white hooses resplendent wi flouers.

For fower days at the end o August each year, Frigiliana hosts the Festival o the Three Culturs (Festival de las Tres Culturas), celebratin the region's historic confluence an co-existence o Christian, Muslim an Jewish tradeetions.

References

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  1. "Torrox, partido judicial nº9 de Málaga". Consejo General Procuradores de España. Archived frae the original on 22 Juin 2013. Retrieved 1 Juin 2012.

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