{"id":119,"date":"2025-03-03T08:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T08:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/?post_type=municipios&#038;p=119"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:59:06","slug":"velez-malaga","status":"publish","type":"municipios","link":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/municipios\/velez-malaga\/","title":{"rendered":"V\u00e9lez-M\u00e1laga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>V\u00e9lez-M\u00e1laga is the <strong>capital of the Axarqu\u00eda.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>V\u00e9lez-M\u00e1laga is the largest municipality in the eastern part of the Costa del Sol, with more than 150 square kilometres of territory and almost 25 kilometres of coastline. Its population resides in the scattered villages of Almayate, Cajiz, Valle-Niza, Benajarafe, Chilches, Lagos, Mezquitilla, Trapiche and Triana, although its main centres are V\u00e9lez-M\u00e1laga, Torre del Mar and Caleta de V\u00e9lez.<\/p>\n<p>Among the most significant monuments are\u00a0<strong>The Fortress<\/strong>\u00a0The city's Moorish architecture and walls, as well as its religious heritage with churches built on the site of ancient mosques:\u00a0<strong>Church of Santa Mar\u00eda de la Encarnaci\u00f3n, Church of San Juan Bautista, Las Claras, Convent of Las Carmelitas, Convent of San Francisco<\/strong>\u00a0or the different chapels and hermitages, among which the most outstanding is the\u00a0<strong>Cerro de San Crist\u00f3bal, sanctuary of Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Los Remedios<\/strong>patron saint of the city.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiene mucho que ofrecer, con una rica historia que se extiende por casi 3.000 a\u00f1os.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":124,"template":"","class_list":["post-119","municipios","type-municipios","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/municipios\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/municipios"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/municipios"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}