{"id":6118,"date":"2015-10-06T13:52:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T11:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/?p=6118"},"modified":"2015-10-06T13:52:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T11:52:38","slug":"mijas-village-relives-the-napoleonic-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/whats-on\/mijas-village-relives-the-napoleonic-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Mijas Village Relives the Napoleonic Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"RecreationThis weekend \u2013 10th<\/sup> & 11th<\/sup> October \u2013 the village of Mijas will be recreating the Napoleonic invasion of 1808, a historic event when the villagers had to defend their homes from Napoleon troops.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mijas Town Hall has been organising this event since 2009 together with the Torrijos 1831 Cultural & Historic Association; its uniqueness has certainly increased its popularity since then!<\/p>\n

To add a little more flavour to the events, this year, the local artisans and business associations have decided to contribute to the activities by putting on an Artisans Market<\/strong> offering all sorts 19th<\/sup> century themed goodies including: soaps, crystal and glass products, leather goods and Mexican jewellery which, in those times, were shipped to Spain from the New World.<\/p>\n

The local business association will also install a themed bar next to the market. All the people working on the market stalls and in the bar will be dressed in traditional costumes from the early 19th<\/sup> century, adding to the events originality.<\/p>\n

In order to recreate scenes of the invasion by Napoleon\u2019s troops, the event will also have a dozen riders on horseback (from the Pe\u00f1a Mije\u00f1a) and approximately 40 members of the Torrijos 1831 Cultural & Historic Association who will be in charge of acting out the different scenes of the invasion.<\/p>\n

Times of the recreations:<\/h3>\n

Saturday 10th<\/sup> October at 8:30pm in the \u2018Plaza de la Libertad\u2019<\/strong>: A representation of the M\u00e1laga regiment\u2019s retreat into Mijas and a reading from the mayor alerting villagers of the arrival of Napoleon\u2019s troops.<\/p>\n

Sunday 11th<\/sup> October from 11:30am<\/strong>: You\u2019ll be able to watch the following recreations:<\/p>\n

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  • The arrival of the French troops<\/li>\n
  • A skirmish between French soldiers and the local resistance<\/li>\n
  • The capture of local soldiers and British troops \u2013 included the infamous General Blayney \u2013 in the failed attempt to take Sohail Castle, which in those days belonged to Mijas.<\/li>\n
  • The arrival of General Ballesteros and the consequent departure of the French troops from Mijas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Visitors will also be able to enjoy traditional flamenco shows before each of the recreations and the organisers will also hold a contest to choose the best costumes worn by men, women and children taking part in the event. The winner will be announced at 6:00pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe musn\u2019t forget that Mijas was a key location in this conflict due to it\u2019s privileged topographic location and because it\u00a0supplied around 90 young men to the Malaga Regiment to fight against the French troops. We\u2019d like to thank the Town Hall for their support in organising this recreation. Without them it would have been impossible.<\/em> \u2013 Esteban Alc\u00e1ntara<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Tweet This weekend \u2013 10th & 11th October \u2013 the village of Mijas will be recreating the Napoleonic invasion of 1808, a historic event when the villagers had to defend their homes from Napoleon troops. Mijas Town Hall has been organising this event since 2009 together with the Torrijos 1831 Cultural & Historic Association; its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[528],"tags":[231,1681,1701,802,1702,1990,1989],"class_list":["post-6118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whats-on","tag-entertainment","tag-events","tag-local-events","tag-mijas","tag-mijas-pueblo","tag-mijas-village","tag-napoleonic-invasion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6120,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6118\/revisions\/6120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}