Villanueva Del Trabuco is located in Malaga Region , Andalucia
The town of Villanueva del Trabuco is located in the southeast of the Antequera region, at the outskirts of the Gorda and San Jorge mountains. The landscape is created by cereal and olive groves. In the town, two streams decending from the two mountains come together and with the Gibalto river, they form the Guadalhorce river.
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V. del Trabuco Andalucía:
5313
residents
Schools
Antequera 33km Málaga 47km Granada 85km Sevilla 187km
55km
to Malaga
Health clinic
Municipal pool
Beach
50 min
70km
to Granada
Shops, Bars, Restaurants
Golf nearby
Bus and train service
189km
to Sevilla
V. del Trabuco Andalucía
Location
Local Information
Ayuntamiento de Villanueva del Trabuco
Plaza del Prado, 1, 29313 Villanueva del Trabuco (Málaga) Telephone: 952-751-021 Web: http://www.villanuevadeltrabuco.es/
http://www.villanuevadeltrabuco.es/
Villanueva del Trabuco Information
According to some investigations, in the year 1487 King Ferdinand the Catholic left Antequera with his troops for the conquest of Vélez-Málaga, divided into two fronts. One of which, commanded by the King himself, chose the path that passed through La Fuente de la Lana (Fountain of the Wool); the other front, captained by the Marquis of Cádiz, passed through Trabuco itself.
According to a legend, there was a “venta“ at crossroads near the town, whose owner, to provide himself with food, went everyday to Archidona. In his continuous trips was assaulted and the goods stolen, so he decided to buy a “trabuco” (firearm), which he took with him day and night. Hence, when he went to Archidona everyone who saw him would have said "Here it come the guy of the trabuco". And this is the possible origin of the name of this town.
In the 18th century, the town was part of Archidona municipality. The foundation of Villanueva del Trabuco and other towns nearby was due to the desire of repopulation of these lands by Carlos III. The land was so good for agriculture but nobody wanted to settle there because it was far away from the towns so the King founded new towns and brought in foreign settlers. Six thousand German and Flemish Catholic settlers came, who after occupying areas of Sierra Morena came to other places of Málaga. This is the origin of lots of towns with the name of “Villanueva”.
Fiestas
Feria de Agosto. 24th, 25th and 26th August. Its origin is found in a cattle buying and selling fair attended by many dealers from the surrounding area to carry out their business.
Fiestas patronales. It is celebrated every year around the 15th of September, the day of Ntra Sra de los Dolores. It is the biggest celebration of the year, with numerous activities in which all the people of the town participate as well as the many visitors that arrive to the town.
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