conquest; they proceed with the distribution of houses and land of the village to the Christians. A few years after, during the Communities War, Mijas remained loyal to Carlos I the Emperor and Mijas were given the title of Very Loyal. Later in 1521, Juana declared exempt from sales tax and gave it the title of village. At this time and until the beginning of the 18th century, there was trouble with piracy all over the coast. In 1492, they started to build watchtowers along the coast to prevent the population and to combat pirates (this tower, can be visited nowadays in Mijas costa).
Modern age
In the 19th century, Mija’s livelihood, were mainly agriculture and fishing, plus some farming and mineral extraction. And vines were the main wealth of Mijas until the Philloxera plague destroyed all the plantations. Also important was the paper production’s. It was found some mills located in the area of “Osunillas” 1744. At the half of the century, was the most productive time in the industry, thanks to the arrival of Valencia’s papermakers, a carpenter from Alcoy (a Alicante’s Spanish town) and a mop, which created new functional links on this manufacture. Especially notable was the “paper beds”, very useful at Malaga because they used it as a raisins wrapper. An important historical thing happened on December 2, 1831. General Torrijos landed at the beach “El charcón” with 52 men. They crossed Mijas, upped the hill to the top and refugee at a house on “Alqueria” in “Alhaurin de la torre”, Molinas County property. They were surrounded by the troops of the governor Gonzales Moreno. And Torrijos and his companion were shot on the San Andres beaches on December 11, 1831. In 1873 they opened the road between Mijas and Fuengirola. Fuengirola was segregated from Mijas in 1841. However, the village remained isolated until the second republic, when the firsts newspaper arrives. There was no phone
