María Sagredo Tower

The Castle of Alozaina is first mentioned during the Nasrid period. Later Christian chronicles date its surrender to 1484. Some time afterward, following the Morisco revolt around 1568, it was resettled with a Christian population. Today, the original remains of the castle are limited to the María Sagredo Tower, which has been incorporated into the walls of a private home.
In 1570, María Sagredo was proclaimed the town’s heroine after throwing beehives onto the Moriscos who, disguised as Christians, tried to storm the town. Thanks to her, they fled the municipality shouting, “Cursed be the flies of your land!”
In an attempt to reconstruct the old fortress, a new walled enclosure with battlements and towers was built in the 1950s, not faithful to the original construction. This is the so-called Parque Mirador, from which one can see the contrast between Sierra Prieta and the Málaga basin, and where the official marquee is set up during the Fairs of Santiago and Santa Ana in July, and for the Olive Fair and the Sweet Name of Mary in September.