Arriate

Region: Located in the lower area of the Serrania de Ronda, 120 km from Malaga. It rises 595 meters above sea level.

Area: 8.30 square kilometers

Number of residents: 3,000 approximately

What: Arriateños

Monuments: Parish Church of St. John Lateran

Tourist information: Town Hall tel: 952 165 096, Taxi 952 16 51 58

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Bedding lies in the so-called slopes of Guadalcobacín (tributary of Guadiaro), in the midst of depression Round about 596 m. altitude, which gives the people a beautiful landscape with lush vegetation on the banks of the river. The landscape is complemented by splendid gardens and fields of olive trees, cereals, fruits and vegetables. Bedding is located near the mountains of Las Cumbres and Salinas and Dehesa de fruit.

The origin of the people is not entirely certain, but because of the enclave and the scene seems to be that dates from ancient times, the ability to shelter in the caves of the river, the fertility of their lands for cultivation point to the emergence of small towns . If we have data emergence as a people during the Muslim Andalusia in its name comes from an old farmhouse called "arriadh" which means orchard. It was instead of confrontation of different cultures who coveted the city of Acinipo first round and then clear example is the Battle of Bedding in 1407 between Muslims and Christians led by Hernando Arias in his fight against the Moors in the river Guadalcobacín.

Bedding in 1630 became independent from Round adopting its current name possibly by the fame of a large farmhouse at the time that there was Arabic.

Again in 1661 to join the Ronda, as Mayor municipality, currently has a population of about 3450 inhabitants.

The most important building of the municipality of Bedding is the Church of St. John Lateran, is of great importance within the urban core, following the separation of Ronda in 1630. In 1629 he made some reforms in the armor Mudejar at the hands of Francisco Hernandez and Andres Valverde.

From the outside we see his bell whose works took time to finalize because of lack of funds. In 1966, continuing the work in the Church, which is not completed until 1980.

Part of these reforms had to make painful incidents, such as occurred in 1936, after a political rally citizens stormed the church destroying everything they found in their wake, among whom had lsa carvings of images from more than two hundred years old . During that year the Church was assaulted again after being closed after the destruction. They were able to save the carving of Our Father Jesus Nazareno to separate the head of the body was hidden by some neighbors and restored later.

The natural environment in which it is located Bedding must to visit and enjoy.

The white people look at the Ronda from the slopes of the river Guadalcobacín. For its surroundings look of high admiration trained by forest galleries, gardens, fields of olive trees, cereals, fruits and vegetables.

We were sheltered in the place Bedding, protected by hills Cumbres and Las Salinas.

Its people are recognized as workers diligent and devoted mainly to the development of an artisanal sausages, hardwood furniture, metalware typical rondeña, embossed copper, leather boots and jeeps as the development of non-virgin olive oil.