CuerpoVariable

History
The discovery of one silex axe close to Torrox confirmed the antiquity of the first settlers in this area. Previously found artefacts from the phonicians and the greeks , the first fishermen and traders who traded in olives, figs and vines. The Romans disembarked at the mouth of the river Argentinum and called their town Caviclum( = Clavicum) that allowed the functioning of one factory of Garum, a fish paste (fundamentally anchovies) which formed part of the roman settlement.We can find clay kilns and the sauceboats some decorating the promenade maritime of Torrox - Costa. After the romans, the Visigoths occupied the area until the arrival of the Moors (V11 century) and they called it Turrus(=town defended by towers), from where left Abder-Rhaman to make Cordaba the capital of the Caliphate Omeya. Legend has it that King Almansor was born in Torrox. The Moorish occupation was the biggest for the influence in Torrox. They were advanced in the way of agriculture and they introduced the terracing of the land and irrigation still in existence today. They knew how to work the land to the best advantage.The moors produced silk materials supported by the silk worm from the mulberry tree, they made artisan products, sugar cane, the figs, almonds , the vines, and all became important to the arabs splendour at this time. After the fall of Velez Torrox surrended and spent a peaceful year after the defeat of the leader El-Zagal, it acquired the title of "very brave and noble town" The situation for the moors meant their life deteriorated with time ending in one revelution when the Commander of Castille wiped out in one slaughter in Frigiliana where the torroxinos had taken refuge resulting in 2,400 moorish deaths. During the 17 and 18 th century Torrox recuperated its importance and various palaces were constructed as well as the Customs and Treasury for business overseas. In the 19th century the castle of Torrox was blown up in the Napoleonic war. In the Christmas of 1884 an earthquake befell Axarquia and this brought a visit from the King at that time Alfonso X11. In this time the sugar cane started to be produced massively and they constructed the factories called "ingenios" where as well as sugar they could produce molasses, honey and liquors. The cultivation of the cane only began to decline in the second half of the 20th century when the other subtropical products were being cultivated with considerable success ( advocados, chirimoya, mango, papaya, etc.) and when tourism interrupted the way to give a strange mix of greenhouses and buildings, recovering the Meditteranean sea once more a leading light.

History

The discovery of one silex axe close to Torrox confirmed the antiquity of the first settlers in this area. Previously found artefacts from the phonicians and the greeks , the first fishermen and traders who traded in olives, figs and vines.
The Romans disembarked at the mouth of the river Argentinum and called their town Caviclum( = Clavicum) that allowed the functioning of one factory of Garum, a fish paste (fundamentally anchovies) which formed part of the roman settlement.We can find clay kilns and the sauceboats some decorating the promenade maritime of Torrox - Costa.

After the romans, the Visigoths occupied the area until the arrival of the Moors (V11 century) and they called it Turrus(=town defended by towers), from where left Abder-Rhaman to make Cordaba the capital of the Caliphate Omeya. Legend has it that King Almansor was born in Torrox. The Moorish occupation was the biggest for the influence in Torrox. They were advanced in the way of agriculture and they introduced the terracing of the land and irrigation still in existence today. They knew how to work the land to the best advantage.The moors produced silk materials supported by the silk worm from the mulberry tree, they made artisan products, sugar cane, the figs, almonds , the vines, and all became important to the arabs splendour at this time.

After the fall of Velez Torrox surrended and spent a peaceful year after the defeat of the leader El-Zagal, it acquired the title of "very brave and noble town" The situation for the moors meant their life deteriorated with time ending in one revelution when the Commander of Castille wiped out in one slaughter in Frigiliana where the torroxinos had taken refuge resulting in 2,400 moorish deaths.

During the 17 and 18 th century Torrox recuperated its importance and various palaces were constructed as well as the Customs and Treasury for business overseas.
In the 19th century the castle of Torrox was blown up in the Napoleonic war.
In the Christmas of 1884 an earthquake befell Axarquia and this brought a visit from the King at that time Alfonso X11. In this time the sugar cane started to be produced massively and they constructed the factories called "ingenios" where as well as sugar they could produce molasses, honey and liquors.
The cultivation of the cane only began to decline in the second half of the 20th century when the other subtropical products were being cultivated with considerable success ( advocados, chirimoya, mango, papaya, etc.) and when tourism interrupted the way to give a strange mix of greenhouses and buildings, recovering the Meditteranean sea once more a leading light.