Ayuntamiento de Humilladero
Plaza de la Constitución, 5
29108 Humilladero, Málaga
Telephone: 952-457-573 http://www.humilladero.es
About The Area
The municipal region of Humilladero occupies a narrow strip of
territory between the municipalities of Fuente de Piedra and Mollina,
to the north of the region of Antequera. The region extends from
the limit of the provinces of Malaga and Seville to the mountain
range of the same name, at the foot of which you will find the town.
The landscape is a smoothly undulating plain
covered with olive trees and cereal.
To the South the Mountain range of Humilladero
(650 ms.) breaks the monotony with a steeper relief and an abundant mass of
pine groves.
Although the foundation
of the town goes back to the 15th Century - a time previous to the conquest
of Antequera by the Christian troops -, the first trustworthy
documents date its origins to the year 1618, the date that appears in
an inscription in the foundations at the base of de la Cruz of the Humilladero
at the entrance of the locality.
The first inhabitants of Humilladero occupied a series of
houses surrounding the Convent in the 15th Century. The name itself is reputed to be from
the occassion when Infante D. Fernando swore an oath on the sword of San Fernando that he
had carried from the coast to the troops from Seville with whom he was wanting to unite in order
to conquer Antequera. D. Fernando and his troops all knelt and swore not to take possession of
the sword until Antequera was conquered.
