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El Ingenio

Today is the headquarters of the cane honey factory Nuestra Señora del Carmen, unique in Europe. It is one of the places of greatest historical and artistic value in Frigiliana. It is popularly known as "el Ingenio". Part of the 1909 machinery used for the manufacture of honey is still used today, as one of the sets of wood-fired boilers. Currently, the first floor is used to distribute the needs of the production of cane honey. In other times its uses were different, thus, the room to the right of the main entrance, which today is a warehouse, was formerly a chapel, in which, with the authorization of Pope Clement X, mass was said since 1662. Quite possibly, prior to the 19th century, a time of splendor in the production of sugar cane honey, the sugar mill underwent an expansion of its facilities, corresponding to an extension of the left sector of the facade with a rectangular sector. In 1725 the Count requested permission to cut down trees in order to undertake this extension. There is no doubt that in 1729 the sugar mill was operational. The decoration of the facade of the Ingenio is striking, with paintings and sgraffito with geometric motifs. This decoration is organized in bands, where rhombuses and rectangles in earth and blue tones are differentiated. There are also two niches that once housed the sculptures of the Virgen del Carmen and San Raimundo, as well as at least two sundials.

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Old Fountain

It dates from the XVII century, built by D. Iñigo Manrique de Lara, fifth Lord of Frigiliana and I Count of the Villa by the year 1640, placing in it his coat of arms. It is attached to the rear elevation of a house and was designed to supply the population and watering place for animals. It is curious that it was originally known as "La Fuente Nueva" (The New Fountain). Walking through the old town you will find it down Chorruelo street on the left.

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The Ecce Homo Hermitage

The Ermita del Ecce Homo, or Ermita del Santo Cristo de la Caña as it is known by the locals, is a place of cultural interest to learn about the tradition of the Baroque Christian festivities in Frigiliana. The procession of images representing the Christian faith is a tradition present in Frigiliana since the sixteenth century, although the images that are carried in procession today are later, neo-baroque of the twentieth century, and do not serve to document the time of origin, but are only evidence of the permanence of the tradition in the population. On Holy Wednesday the Ecce Homo is carried in procession from this hermitage to the Church of San Antonio, a piece in polychrome wood of neo-baroque style made in the second half of the twentieth century.

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Church of San Antonio de Padua

The church of San Antonio de Padua of Frigiliana, explains Pablo Pastor, "was instituted in 1505, at the request of Queen Isabella, under the patronage of Santa Maria, by order of the then Archbishop of Seville and Metropolitan of Malaga the Dominican Fray Diego de Deza, according to Bull of Pope Innocent VIII and confirmed later, in 1510, by Pope Julius II. Probably the primitive mosque, converted into a Christian temple, was initially used. In 1630, Philip IV granted the county of Frigiliana to Don Iñigo Manrique de Lara, governor of the castle and citadel, building his palace in this town in 1640. It is by initiative of these nobles the suffrage of the construction of this church, on the old hermitage. Bernardo de Godoy, master builder of the factories of the bishopric, who, at the end of 1617, will build the churches of Igualeja and Frigiliana. The promoter of both actions was the Dominican bishop Fray Alonso de Santo Tomás, whose coat of arms is on the access doorway". Built in Mudejar style, it initially had a central nave and a nave on the epistle side, as well as the tower, which was a body less in height than the current one, where the bells were located. In the central nave, higher and wider than the lateral ones, it emphasizes its wooden armor of knot and battlement, with tie suspenders that support in corbels or canes, the lateral nave of smaller height, is covered with simple wooden armor of hanging, in its walls niches are opened to lodge images. On the last brace of the central nave next to the façade is the legend: "Bernardo de Godoy Maestro Maior me fesi desde cimientos año de 1676 años". In 1779 the enlargement of the church was authorized, where its current more baroque interior appearance is configured, as well as the detailed actions, which can now be seen more clearly.

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Reales Pósitos

Old silo built in 1767 where the surplus grain was stored in years of good harvest to be distributed in bad times. Although the institution of the granary is mentioned from 1749, it is very likely that it was instituted in 1640, the year in which Frigiliana became an independent town. It is currently a private space occupied by dwellings, with only the brick arcades of its main elevation and its basements remaining from its former structure.

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El Torreon

Place where the granary was located in the middle of the 18th century and which is currently attached to a house. Contrary to what had been speculated until now it seems unlikely that its origin is Arab, since the type of truncated pyramidal construction does not offer any architectural parallelism that recalls that circumstance. It could rather be a later construction, of the type of those that proliferated during the 18th century as a surveillance point of the coast against piracy.

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Remains of the Moorish castle

The Castle of Lízar is preserved in very poor condition. It occupied an area of 4000m2 and was demolished in 1569, according to the chronicles under the order of Don Luis de Requesens, commander of Castile, with the approval of King Philip II, who would aspire to see the village disappear after the Moorish uprising of 1569, and whose demolition order intended that the castle would never again be a refuge for Moors. The exact date of construction is not known, although some authors suggest it in the ninth century, coinciding with the revolt of Omar Ben Hafsun against the emir of Cordoba, whose military actions reached here, while others take it to the eleventh century coinciding with the construction of other similar enclosures by the Almoravids. The structure of its interior layout is not known, since no archaeological excavations have been carried out. We do know part of the exterior layout, thanks to the preservation of some low walls and remains of walls, which would place the castle covering the entire crown of the hill of Lízar. It is assumed that the defense of the castle would have several towers and at least one access from the south side, towards the village, although it may also have had another door on the north side, easier access point.

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Casa del Apero

Probably at the beginning of the 17th century and functionally linked to the sugar mill, this building was built as a barn, stables and storehouse for farm implements. It has a rectangular floor plan with a courtyard inside and is built on two levels with rammed earth walls with stone walls. The arches and pillars are made of brick, as is the entrance door. After its restoration in the 90's, it has become the Cultural Center "Casa del Apero", home of the Town Hall of Frigiliana, library and tourist office.

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