The Nineteenth Century

Malagain the Nineteenth Century

Execution of Torrijos and his men on the beach of San Andrés, 1831 For much of the turbulent nineteenth century, Malaga was one of the most disturbed and yetwas also the country and home to several surveys for a more liberal regime.Revolutionary activity is worth heading to the city, it may be “alwayshard” and as the legend says “the first in danger of  liberty”.

Malaga was a pioneer city in the peninsula with the onset ofthe Industrial Revolution, becoming the first industrial city in Spain, and then maintaining second place behind Barcelona for many years.

The business sector also had a significant increase in 1865 and 1860 suffered amajor communications revolution. This was the era ofthe great bourgeois families of Malaga,with some influences on national policies.

Under the influence of thesefamilies, Malaga had two well defined sectors, both situated outside the centerof medieval origin in the western end of the urban landscape as it began totake shape, influenced by the industrial activity, while at the other end oftown there began appear villas and hotels.

The resignation of the throne of Savoy Amadeo caused great unrest among thecity cantonal states, creating the Guangzhou Malaga. Malaga political life during the democraticadministration (1868-1874) was marked by a radical and extremist tone. Thefederal republicanism, which achieved strong support in the lower classes,encouraged turbulences and attitudes that caused great alarm among theaffluent.

The decline of thecity started in 1880. The crisis made malaguenas foundries close and wasfollowed by the scourge of phylloxera, which sank the Andalusia Malaguenovineyards.

The neglect of these properties resulted in heavy deforestation ofhillsides, causing an increase in flood water, which caused many disasters anddeaths well into the twentieth century