Teba

Geography

The township has an area of 143.10 km², and the town issituated at an altitude of 555 meters above sea level. As of January 1, 2007,Teba had a population of 4253 inhabitants.

Situation

Elevation: 555 meters

Latitude: 36º 58′00″N

Longitude: 004º 55′59″W

Climate

The climate in the town of Tebais common across most of the northern provinceof Malaga,i.e., a Mediterranean climate and with a relatively low level of rainfall. Themean annual temperature is around 15-16º C, being widespread frost throughoutthe winter and high temperatures in summer.

Teba is a municipality in the northwestern province of Malaga,in the autonomous community of AndalusiaIt is located in the region ofGuadalteba.

Teba is bordered on the north and east by the municipality of Campillos, on the south by Ardales, andon the west by the towns of Canete la Real and Almargen.

Other signs include the church of Santa Cruz Reala splendid specimen of the Andalusian Baroque cathedral packaging, completed in 1715 byJose Tirado, with a rectangular plan with three naves separated by columns ofred marble that makes it splendid and unique in the local area, covered up bytwo barrel vaults.

Also inside the church is a magnificent collection ofobjects related to the liturgical and worship (chalices, chasubles), many ofthem made from noble metals and going back to the 16th, 17th, and 18thcenturies.

Business

Despite the mountainous municipality, their lands aregenerally suitable for agriculture, which has been traditionally the mostimportant economic sector for its inhabitants. Teba is also known for its size,work cattle, particularly in respect to pigs, goats, sheep, and vaccines.

Heritage

The town of Teba, declared a Historic-Artistic Site, is in atypically Andalusian track, a series of palaces and manor houses (the front ofthe house of the Empress Eugenia de Montijo and the mansion of the Marquis of Grenina are good examples), and a prominent, popular group of houses, whichhave appeared in the Catalog of Historical Heritage Andaluz as examples of therich heritage.

Outside the city center and across from the town are manyunique examples of the various manifestations of the historical, archaeology, including the deposits of the Cave of the Doves, attached to the RecentPrehistory, Cerro de Los Ibero Castillejos, and the Roman site of Cortijo delTajo (both of which have been declared Cultural Interests in February  2008), and the Star Castle.

The chapel of the Rosary, the renovated chapel of Carmen,and the new shrine of Our Father Jesus are other churches in Teba. This iswithout prejudice of some residential buildings of great magnificence; for example, the home of Eugenia de Montijo, Countess of Teba, who then becameEmpress of France after her marriage to Napoleon III in 1853. In other placeslike New Streetor Grand Street,there are several buildings and facades of great beauty.

Some cases have a chasuble and embroidered coat, which is based on a widespread oral tradition of the people, by Queen Isabel theCatholic. There are also samples of the unique local and religious architecture remaining from the Convent of San Francisco from the 16th century, founded by a Franciscan community and which now has a preserved facade and has beenconverted into part of a craft workshop.