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Tolox: Guide
Tolox is a village and municipality in the Málaga (province)|province of Málaga, Andalucia, southern Spain. The municipality has a population of 2,317 (2006). It is situated in the centre of the Sierra de las Nieves Nature Park, at the foot of Sierra Blanca, Málaga|Sierra Blanca and Sierra Parda, Málaga|Sierra Parda. In addition to La Torrecilla Peak (1,919 m.), there are ancient woodlands of Spanish Fir and gall oak. The municipality covers 94 km², has a mean elevation of 285 m. and mean geographical coordinates of 36° 41' 11" N, 4° 54' 16" E.
Village
The village of Tolox has winding streets, with white-washed houses and doors and window boxes overflowing with flowers in season.
History
While the area was inhabited in Paleolithic times, the village of Tolox bears a Phoenician languages|Phoenician name and a Phoenician origin is confirmed by archaeological evidence. It was occupied by Ancient Rome|Rome and considerable rebuilding was done under Roman rule. Later it fell to the Visigoths and then to the Ummayads|Ummayad Arab invaders. Tolox was freed from Caliph of Córdoba|Córdoba rule in 883 by Umar ibn Hafsun, who developed it to one of his main bases in the Serranía de Ronda. It did not fall until 921 when his son Süleyman surrendered it to Abd-ar-Rahman III .
After the fall of the Caliphate of Córdoba, Tolox came under the Kingdom of Moorish rebellion. As a result, Tolox was almost entirely depopulated first by the war, and then any remaining moors were relocated in small groups to Valencia (province)|Valencia. Philip II of Spain|Philip II then called for Christian settlers from Seville (province)|Seville, Córdoba (province)|Córdoba, and as far away as Galicia (Spain)|Galicia.
In the Peninsular War|War of Independence Tolox fought under the command of Francisco Javier de Abadía (commander of the Campo de Gibraltar) against the invading Napoleon I of France|Napoleonic troops. Later soldiers from Cártama and Tolox under the command of General Don Francisco Ballesteros conducted guerrilla warfare out of the mountains against the French.
Attractions
Aside from the mountain vistas and hiking that Tolox offers, it has a famous spa "Fuente Amargosa", which is visited for respiratory and allergic affections.
References
Wawn, Christopher; Wood, David (1999) In Search of Andalucia: A Historical Geographic Observation of the Malaga Seaboard. Pentland Press: Durham, Edinburgh, Cambridge. ISBN 1-85821-690-7
Ruiz, Virgilio (2000) Vivencias de Tolox Ayuntamiento de Tolox: Tolox.
González, Diego Ceano (1993) Tolox : un oasis en la sierra Málaga : Mar y Luz.
Jiménez, José Sánchez (1976) Vida rural y mundo contemporáneo : análisis sociohistórico de un pueblo del sur Barcelona : Planeta. ISBN 84-320-7816-6
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