San Fernando Church

The Museo del Aceite Antonio Gala (Mondrón) is located six kilometres from Periana, in the oil-producing town of Mondrón. This museum was created at the initiative of the Cooperativa Olivarera de San José Artesano, who wanted to preserve the old ways of making the oils that made the town famous. Here you can see the old millstones from the middle of the last century, as well as various tools related to the harvesting and milling of extra virgin olive oil.

The Museo del Aceite de Mondrón invites visitors to discover the ancestral formulas for the production of the 'liquid gold' that made Periana famous. The museum houses old millstones and traditional tools. In its shop you can buy oil from the Almazara.

It is located at the entrance to Periana, in an unbeatable natural setting. It offers spectacular views of the Guaro river depression and the La Viñuela reservoir. Due to its location, Periana offers splendid panoramic views of the Axarquia region.

If you want to visit an authentic Arab bath, you will find it 2,5 km from Periana in the village of Vilo BathsThe site is located at just over 610 metres above sea level.

Located in a privileged location, the Baños de Vilo Spa was considered one of the most important in Andalusia in the 18th and 19th centuries.

This spa is not characterised by a marble construction, just a well with a rim sculpted more than a thousand years ago and the sensation of going back in time. Half hidden by the thick vegetation and the very abundant waters of its surroundings, the Vilo pool continues, spilling sulphidic, magnesium-calcium and nitrogenous waters at a constant temperature of 21º Celsius, specific for skin ailments and herpes.

The Fuente de Periana already existed when Ferdinand the Catholic, when he took over these lands in 1487, must have had a considerable flow of water, as in the subsequent distributions he was assigned twelve fanegas of land to accompany the livestock that passed through there to the coast.

Everything around the fountain was ploughed and sown and divided into two halves. One half belonged to Antón Martín de Aliseda and the other to Andres Vara.

Its beauty lies in the wise use of stone, in the simplicity of its coloured stripes (white and green) and in its symmetry; its charm comes from the seclusion of this space, which evokes so many memories for the older women of the village.

The washing places were important centres of female social relations and were like sanctuaries for women's intimacies, gossip and songs. The old tradition of carrying water from the fountain to the house in water jugs still continues.

The Church of San Isidro Labrador is the most representative building of this town.

Eclectic neo-Mudéjar building with three naves, where the side naves are very small, giving importance to the main or intermediate one, with a prominent transept on the ground plan. They are divided by pointed arches resting on cast iron columns resting on stone ashlars, a typical 19th century element. Both the side naves and the chancel and transept are covered with false ribbed vaults, the central nave with a wooden frame. At the foot of the church stands the front or façade made of exposed brick, accessing the church through a segmental arch, above which there is a twinned opening of horseshoe arches with an oculus, and then a triangular pediment, crowned by a belfry with two openings.

A curious detail of this church is the interior flooring, which is made up of small pieces of polychrome terrazzo, like tesserae, which form a series of geometric patterns that form fretwork.