Malaga was founded by the Phoenicians, who built the city near the hill where the Alcazaba stands today. After the Roman conquest, wine, oil and the famous garum, a sauce made from salted and fermented fish, were exported through its port. During the century, it was granted the status of a municipality, as evidenced by the Lex Flavia Malacitana.
The city experienced one of the stages of its greatest development at the end of the Middle Ages under the rule of Muslims, when numerous mosques, Atarazana and Alcazaba were built, which were distinguished by the production of raisins, dried fruits and dishes with golden reflections.
In 1487, Malaga was conquered by Catholic monarchs settled by Christians from the Guadalquivir Valley. The main mosques were transformed into parish churches, numerous monasteries were established and work began on the cathedral.
After the reform initiatives of the 18th century, such as the establishment of the Consulate, the College of San Telmo, the Economic Society and what is now called the Alameda, Malaga experienced in the mid-19th century a period of economic boom with the creation of numerous industries, especially ferrous metallurgy and textiles (La Constancia. La Industria Malaguena...), in the hands of families such as Larios, Heredia and Loring.
At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, Malaga experienced a deep socio-economic crisis with the appearance of phylloxera and the collapse of its industry. After the bloody Civil War and the harsh post-war period, Malaga will focus on promoting tourism, first through the development of the Costa del Sol, and more recently through a commitment to cultural tourism as a city of museums. Large and ambitious infrastructures of all kinds created over the past decades, such as University, Technology Park, AVE... they made it the world standard of dynamism and progress at the beginning of the 21st century.
