Rincón de la Victoria

History

Archaeological findings at the Cueva del Tesoro testify the human presence as early as the Palaeolithic Age. There are remains of walls from around 1000 BC which perhaps included an Iberian settlement. Around 50 BC the Carthaginians established a port in a harbour nearby, followed by the Romans, who built here a fortified village called Bezmiliana. The presence of a Greek colony is unconfirmed. Under the Moors it became a larger city, described by the 11th century traveller al-Idrisi. After the conquest of the area under the Catholic Monarchs, the town experienced a period of decline which lasted until the 18th century.

Geography

The municipality of Rincón de la Victoria extends along the southern foothills of the Montes de Málaga, which in this area fall to the sea in low cliffs that alternate with coves and plains along the coast. It is therefore a generally abrupt relief. The maximum altitude of the municipality reaches 521 meters above sea level, although only a little more than 16% of the total surface area of the municipality is located above 200 meters above sea level, which corresponds to the northern area. Inland, the Benagalbón valley can be distinguished, an environment formed by the stream of the same name and occupied by subtropical orchards and fruit trees and greenhouses. The urbanised area extends over almost the entire southern half of the municipality. It is roughly delimited to the north by the Autovía A-7, with the exception of the centre of Benagalbón and other small centres scattered inland. At the eastern end of the urban area, an area known as Añoreta has been built to the north of the motorway. Also, several housing developments have been built to the north of the motorway in the western end of the municipality, above the area of La Cala del Moral, an area known as Parque Victoria. The traditional coastal centres are, from west to east: La Cala del Moral, Rincón de la Victoria and Torre de Benagalbón, originally established by fishing settlements that have gradually grown to form a single coastal urban area. Rincón de la Victoria has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa), bordering on a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSh) with very mild winters and hot, dry summers. With an average annual temperature of in the last 20 years, it is the hottest city in mainland Spain annually and it is located in one of the few parts of Spain where the average…

Most-observed species

• Monk Parakeet

  Myiopsitta monachus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  9,421
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  9,207
• Yellow-legged Gull

  Larus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  8,824
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,590
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8,589
• Spotless Starling

  Sturnus unicolor Temminck, 1820 · Aves
  7,484
• Sardinian Warbler

  Curruca melanocephala (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  7,341
• Black-winged Stilt

  Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,773