{"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":"2026-07-07T12:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:13:06","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-Costa del Sol region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>V\u00e9lez-M\u00e1laga is the largest municipality in the eastern part of the Costa del Sol, covering more than 150 square kilometres and with a population of almost <strong>25 kilometres of coastline<\/strong>. Its population lives in the scattered settlements of Almayate, Cajiz, Valle-Niza, Benajarafe, Chilches, Lagos, Mezquitilla, Trapiche and Triana, although its main towns 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;\">It has much to offer, with a rich history that spans almost 3,000 years.\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}]}}