They say that on June 11, 1485, the Christian troops received the keys to the city from the Muslim warden, Mohamed Abuneza. The most possible thing, according to what they point out, is that it was the military man D. Pedro de Villandrado, the first Christian mayor of the city, who was present on that crucial day of the capitulation of Marbella, instead of the Christian monarch.
It is said that this historic moment occurred in what we know today as La Cruz del Humilladero (Málaga street).
The original cross that commemorates this event was stolen and one with similar characteristics takes its place.
The delivery of the keys to the city was on Saint Barnabas Day, hence It was adopted as the pattern of Marbella. Although legend has it that one of the windows of the only standing tower of the Castle has a huge hole, through which the fortress was assaulted and taken by the troops of the Catholic Monarchs, the reconquest took place. without bloodshed.
If the visitor passing through “Málaga” Let your imagination fly, you will be able to move in time to that historical moment when the Christian troops took the city.
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