Palace of the Counts of Frigiliana

Coordinates: 36 ° 47'29 "N 3 ° 53'41" W / 36.791384, -3.894727 The wit.

The palace of the Counts of Frigiliana, also known as El Ingenio, is a building in the town of Frigiliana, province of Málaga (Andalusia, Spain). Description

At the end of the sixteenth century, the Manrique de Lara, who owned the Lordship of Frigiliana and their lands since 1508, built their manor house.

This is a large, Renaissance-style building. It occupies an area of ​​more than two thousand square meters, was built partly with materials coming from the Arab castle.

Today you can still see the chapel, lounges, stairs, roof, doors, hardware, stables as they were more than four hundred years ago. It is interesting, on the façade, the beautiful sgraffices, the old bars, the balconies, the sundial and the niches, which were consecrated to San Raimundo and to the Virgen del Carmen (in fact, honey containers bear this name) .

In 1930 Don Manuel Falcó and Álvarez de Toledo, Count of Frigiliana, made deed of sale of their properties in these places, in the amount of 140,000 ptas, in favor of the family of the Tower and since then they are the owners of the Ingenio.

The shield that belonged to the Montellano, successors in the county of Frigiliana, whose title dates from 1705 championed in the facade of the Ingenio. Recently, the "Tower Society" donated it to the town hall and was placed on the pediment of the fountain located on Calle Real at the height of the number 11. At present this huge mansion is destined to manufacture the only honey of cane that is produced in Europe.

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