Feria de Malaga – study Spanish at Academia CILE and see the celebration

                           Let´s talk about the most important week while in Malaga – the Feria de Agosto (“August Fair”) or Feria de Málaga (“Málaga Fair”) which takes place every August in the city of Málaga. The fiesta itself serves for the commemoration of the historical event on the 18th of August in 1487 when the city was taken over by the Catholic Monarchs – Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon which incorporated Malaga into the Crown of Castile. At this point the monarchs provided the city with a religious statue of la Virgen de la Victoria. 

                  It was began to commemorate in a way as it is done today only recently as earlier it was celebrated slightly different. The first such celebration occurred in 1491 and it was a form of procession. A year after,  there was a procession accompanied by a bullfight.  In the 17th century the fireworks and rockets were introduced. However, although celebrated annually, the festivities went into decline little by little.

                             Later, the government of Málaga established the popular religious festivities that coincided with the dates of the fair. In 1887, hence, there was a commemoration of the 4th centenary of the conquest and the festival was recovered. Nowadays, the fair is the most vibrant celebration of the year beginning just before midnight on a Friday and ending on a Sunday night.