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Holidays In Malaga: VELEZ-MALAGA, ba'lath-ma'la-ga, city, Spain, in Malaga Province, situated on the Mediterranean 16 miles east-northeast of the city of Malaga. It is overlooked by an ancient Moorish castle on a high rock. Sugarcane, olives, and grapes are the principal products of the fertile surrounding region. Ferdinand the Catholic recovered the city from the Moors in 1487. Pop.
(1960) 14,348.
On Aug. 13, 1704 he fell in with a French fleet of equal strength, under the Comte de Toulouse, off Malaga, and an engagement which lasted nearly the whole day ensued. Both fleets suffered severe losses of men and disabled ships in an inconclusive action. The news of the Malaga "victory" reached England during the celebration over Blenheim, and Rooke's name was put forward for honors with Marlborough's; but being a Tory he suffered from the jealousies of the dominant.
Italian holidays in malaga (all business closes') National holidays in malaga: New Year's Day; Liberation Day (April 25), for the ending of World War II; Labor Day (May 1); Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic (June 2); Victory Day (Nov. 4), for the ending of World War I.
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