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Welcome to Málaga eTwinning: Let’s read together!
Welcome to Málaga
eTwinning:Let’s read together!
THE CITY OF MALAGA
Málaga is a city in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. It lies on the Coast of Sun of the Mediterranean Sea.Population: 568,507 inhabitants
Malaga has one of the best climates in Europe.
The Malaga Mountains close ranks behind to form a barrier of peaks that protects the city from the cold, while the regulating effect of the Mediterranean Sea ensures the area its characteristic mild temperatures.
The summers are hot, though tempered by the city's proximity to the sea.
THE CLIMATE
MALAGA IN THE HISTORY
The city was founded by the Phoenicians about 770 BC, who built a settlement near the hill on which the Alcazaba stands today. During Roman times, Malaga was declared a confederated city of Rome.
Under the rule of Islamic Arab, the city enjoyed an era of great progress. But in 1487 it was re-conquered by the Catholic Monarchs.
By the end of the 18th century, two high-class families, the Larios and the Heredia, converted Malaga in the second most important industrial centre in the country.
Festivities
Holy Week, the most baroque, most typical Andalusian celebration of all, sees Malaga become an enormous stage upon which its entire populace comes together to remember the Passion of Christ.
In the candlelight, amidst the gleam of gold and silver and the aroma of incense and orange blossom, the huge processional ‘tronos’, veritable moving altarpieces, paint a truly unforgettable picture.
HOLY WEEK
Festivities
The Feast of St John coincides with the June solstice also referred to as Midsummer. Festivities are celebrated the night before, on St John's Eve (June 23), the shortest night of the year.
In Málaga bonfires are lit in the streets and on the sand of the beaches. The rituals are jumping over the fire, swimming in the sea at midnight or asking for some wishes, and there are fireworks too.
ST JOHN’S EVE
Festivities
We do moragas (sardines grilled over open fires) on the beach.
Bonfires are lit in order to scare away evil spirits. Some of the bonfires are of huge proportions and will burn all night. The climax of the festival comes at midnight, when juas, large cloth guys filled with sawdust, paper or similar materials, are set on fire.
ST JOHN’S EVE
Some students burn their books in bonfires celebrating that the school finished and the summer begins.
Festivities
ST JOHN’S EVE
At 12 o'clock fireworks are launched!
Festivities
ST JOHN’S EVE
Festivities
The typical procession of the Virgin of Carmen is held on 16th July, and is particularly celebrated in those districts of the city with maritime tradition.
An image of the Our Lady Carmen is carried through all the fishing districts, and finally placed aboard a fishing boat adorned with flowers, where it is taken out to sea, followed by a multitude of small boats.
THE MARITIME PROCESSION OF THE VIRGIN OF CARMEN
PABLO PICASSO, our more internationally known Malaga citizen
The early life of Pablo Ruiz Picasso is intimately connected with Malaga city, where he was born in 1881. He is widely known for co-founding the Cubist movement. Among his most famous works we find the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), and Guernica (1937), a portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
YOU CAN VISIT:
● The “Alcazaba” is a fortress palace of the Muslim era, built on an earlier Phoenician-Punic fortification.
● Below this, there is a small Roman
theater.
LA MANQUITA
● 'La Manquita' is the cathedral of Malaga. They couldn’t finish its construction (it’s got only one tower) due to economic problems. In the end, they got money, but people liked how it turned out.
THE PORT● The port of Malaga,
about 3,000 years old, is in the Bay of Malaga, south of the Iberian Peninsula in the western Mediterranean.
● It is a commercial, passenger, cruise, fishing and sports port.
EL CENACHERO
● The cenachero was a fisherman holding a esparto basket (“cenacho”) with fresh fish, specially anchovies.
● He was a popular symbol of the Andalusian city of Malaga, Spain.
EL PALMERAL
● The palm grove is the new port. This has got shops, parks, boats...
● It's very funny and it's always crowded.
MUSEO PICASSO
● It is one museum dedicated to Pablo Picasso (he was born in Malaga), in the heart of the Historic Centre of the city.
● It has got 12 halls of permanent exhibition gallery and excellent temporary exhibitions.
TYPICAL FOOD
“Espetos” (barbecued sardines)
TYPICAL WINE
● Muscatel wine is extracted from Muscat grapes.
TYPICAL FLOWER
“Biznaga” (made with jasmines)
TYPICAL DANCE“Malagueñas” and “Verdiales” (different types of flamenco)
TYPICAL RESTAURANT
● “Chiringuitos” (refreshment stalls near the beach) are very popular places to eat fish and paella.
NICE TO MEET YOU!!
