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Transatlantic — Mijas Street Scenes


The photos you are viewing in this series on Mijas and Málaga were taken on 3 November 2021. And today I’m going to concentrate on images taken whilst roaming streets of the old portion of Mijas. Mijas is just a really fun town to photograph, as the whitewashed buildings offer up a nice canvas for the occasional splash of color against the walls, or the bright greens or the surrounding hills.

“Street Light”

We’ll begin where we left off last week, near the bullring. Heading north on Plaza de la Muralla takes us right past Castillo de Mijas and its lush gardens:

Castillo de Mijas (Castle of Mijas)

The image below was taken on Calle Málaga, at Plaza de la Libertad and less than four minutes’ walk from the castle. It’s an example of what I mean about the occasional splash of color backdropped by stark whitewashed walls:

El Quijote on Calle Málaga

And standing in front of El Quijote puts one in view of the clock belltower of Iglesia San Sebastián (San Sebastian Church):

Iglesia San Sebastián

Continuing north on Calle Málaga we came across a set of steps leading to an outdoor dining patio. On that patio were these colorful flowerpots:

The Ubiquitous Flowerpots of Mijas

Be on the lookout for some fun tiled signage along the way. Here we have La Panaderia de Maria Quero (The Bakery of Maria Quero) established in 1904:

La Panaderia de Maria Quero

On our alone time from the tour Ursula and I went into the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo (Center of Contemporary Art). I’ll be showing off the CAC on Wednesday. The following photos were snapped after we exited the CAC and continued northward on Calle Málaga:

Just leaving the CAC
Rooftops from Plaza de la Virgen de la Peña

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Fun Photo Friday — Málaga and Mijas favorites Part 2


Mijas, Spain

Time to this week’s Fun Photo Friday favorites of Mijas, Spain:

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Transatlantic — Mijas Church and Bullring


Mijas, Spain

In the upper portion of Mijas, in what constituted the original population center for the town, lies a magnificent brick church. This is the Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción, the Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Mijas

This structure dates to the mid-16th century, and was built upon the ruins of a castle and a mosque. I found several details worth photographing, such as the bells contained within the belltower and the brickwork that surrounded them:

Belltower brickwork

I guess I’m just a sucker for old brickwork:

Church brickwork

Even the whitewashed areas of this old church contained some interesting brick features:

More church brickwork

This church is not the only feature on this hill, for it sits adjacent to the old bullring:

Mijas Bullring

This oval shaped bullring, as with most of the buildings in Mijas, possesses a whitewashed exterior adorned with flowerpots.

Mijas Bullring

But if you look high up the walls you’ll also find another source of color — richly detailed tiles depicting some of the more famous bullfighters of Spain who have performed inside:

Mijas Bullring tiled scenes

If there’s a bullring, then there must be a bull, right? And here’s the bullring bull:

The bullring bull

Time to head back down the hill in preparation for this week’s Fun Photo Friday:

Mijas street

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