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Cortijo de Miraflores

The cortijo was built in 1706 on the commission of Tomás Francisco Domínguez y Godoy on the remains of an old farmhouse of the family entailed estate, in the Pilar-Miraflores district. From the start it combined a sugar mill and, later, an olive-oil mill that operated until 1959. In the mid-19th century, Antonio Domínguez Alburquerque gave it the appearance it keeps today. The building shows a Mudéjar timber roof similar to that of Marbella Town Hall and two coats of arms on the façade: that of the Franciscan Order and the Domínguez family arms; inside are preserved medallions with saints and a tile showing the Virgin of the Pilar appearing to Saint James. The Town Hall acquired and restored it in 1990 and today it houses the Centro Cultural Cortijo Miraflores, the Municipal Historical Archive and the Olive Oil Museum, with the complete 19th-century oil mill: mill, malaxer and two hydraulic presses. Gardens with specimens of cycads and palm trees surround the building.

Things to do at Cortijo de Miraflores: 4 missions

• Identify the three machines of the oil millIn the old 19th-century oil mill, find the mill, the malaxer and the two hydraulic presses, and note what role each one played in making the oil.
• Find the two coats of arms on the façadeOn the cortijo's façade look for the two coats of arms: that of the Franciscan Order and the arms of the Domínguez family.
• Find the tile of the Virgin of the PilarInside the building, look for the tile depicting the Virgin of the Pilar appearing to Saint James.
• Look for a cycad specimen in the gardenIn the garden around the cortijo, find a specimen of cycad (Cycas revoluta).

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Source: Turismo de Marbella — Centro Cultural Cortijo de Miraflores