The Feria de M�laga commemorates the taking of the city by the Catholic Monarchs(Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon) 18 August 1487 (five years before the completion of the Reconquista), at which time M�laga was incorporated into the Crown of Castile.
The Catholic Monarchs gave the city the religious statue of the Virgen de la Victoria("Virgin of Victory"). The recently formed city government began a tradition of commemorating the taking of the city. The first such celebration took place in the form of a procession on the Feast Day of the Assumption, 15 August 1491. The following year the celebration was shifted to 18 August, the feast day of Saint Louis. That year there was a procession and a bullfight with four bulls. The celebrtion continued on an annual basis. In the 17th century, fireworks and rockets became part of the celebration. The procession carried the royal standard from the conquest of M�laga, and proceeded from the Cathedral to the Church of Saint James Apostle (Iglesia de Santiago Ap�stol) where a mass was celebrated. The festivities eventually went into decline, and the celebration of the Feast of Saint Louis became little more than a mass and sermo
Later, coinciding with the liturgical celebrations of the chapter of the cathedral, the municipal government of M�laga established the popular festivities now celebrated on 15 August. In 1887, to commemorate the fourth centenary of the conquest, the festival was returned to the traditional date for the taking of M�laga by the Catholic Monarchs, with a procession of the Virgen de la Victoria, a procession simulating the entry of the Catholic Monarchs and their army, expositions of plants and flowers, regattas, concerts, bullfights, etc
The Fair has had various locations in the course of its history since 1887. Initially, it was located along the water at the Muelle de Heredia, then in the nearby Parque de M�laga, the grounds of the Theatines, before finally
