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End of September and beginning of October. It is the most important event of the year, celebrated with parades and concerts.
A 10th-century fortification with walls and a tower, on top of a hill dominating the old part of the town. Together with the so-called Puerta de Antequera, it was almost completely destroyed during the French invasion and its remains used as quarry. The Torre del Homenaje was rebuilt in the 1970s and it surroundings were improved. It has views over Vélez and the Mediterranean sea and is sometimes used as a venue for concerts.
This pedestrian square is the centrepiece of the local life. It is lined by the city hall and the Baroque-style Convento de las Carmelitas. A few cafés and terraces can be found here.
A 15th-century church built on the remains of a mosque and modified in the 19th century. The tower and the roofs are Mudejar while the façade is neoclassical.
A 15th-century church in Gothic-Mudejar style, built on the remains of an old Arab mosque, as shown by the minaret turned into a bell tower. It has a Reinassance-style altarpiece. It hosts the Museo de la Semana Santa (Museum of the Holy Week).
Small church decorated with naïve-style frescoes, located on top of a hill with a garden and a viewpoint.
A 16th-century Mudejar-Renaissance-style church and former convent, founded by the Catholic Monarchs. It was part of the Real Convent of Santiago, which disappeared on the occasion of the confiscation of 1836 and of which only the church has remained.