{"id":141,"date":"2025-03-03T10:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T10:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/?post_type=municipios&#038;p=141"},"modified":"2026-07-07T11:47:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:47:51","slug":"archez","status":"publish","type":"municipios","link":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/municipios\/archez\/","title":{"rendered":"Archez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is one of the\u00a0<strong>smaller villages<\/strong> in the Axarqu\u00eda region of the Costa del Sol, situated in the valley of the <strong>Turvilla River<\/strong>\u00a0and on the slopes of the\u00a0<strong>the Tejeda and Almijara mountain ranges.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The maze of its streets and the architecture of its whitewashed houses forming<strong>\u00a0picturesque spots<\/strong>, bestow upon \u00c1rchez, described as the\u00a0<strong>12th century Merinite jewel<\/strong>, a unique hallmark. Of the collection, particular mention must be made of the <strong>Alminar Tower<\/strong>\u00a0(13th century), adjoining which the Church of Our Lady of the Incarnation was built. It is the finest example of the\u00a0<strong>Arab culture<\/strong>, which has been designated a national historic and artistic monument.<\/p>\n<p>For lovers of legends, we recommend a visit to the\u00a0<strong>Do\u00f1a Fidela\u2019s Mill<\/strong> which is situated in the Turvilla river basin, next to the village. It was once an oil mill, but is now a family home located in the village centre itself. It is said that many years ago a local resident bought it and, whilst carrying out renovation work, discovered a jar full of gold and silver coins.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":6647,"template":"","class_list":["post-141","municipios","type-municipios","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/municipios\/141","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\/6647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}