Old Bishops Palace

Many bishops fell in love with this town, attracted by the great productivity of its orchards, its wealth of water and its mild climate. This circumstance led to great contributions in the municipality that we can still enjoy today.

We should highlight the work of Monsignor Eulate de Santa Cruz, who commissioned and paid for four of the main fountains of the municipality in the year 1753, one in the Plaza Alta (Alameda), another in his Palace (today disappeared), another in the Plaza Lower (Plaza Bermúdez de la Rubia) and the fourth by donation to the Clarisas nuns of the convent of La Encarnación. Also that of Monsignor José Vicente Lamadrid, bishop who erected the Church of San Andrés in the Hospital de la Caridad, built the ''Camino de Coín'' to Málaga, the ''Paseo del Obispo'' and the well-known ''Huerta del Bishop'', and who lies today next to the pulpit of San Juan.

The Palace passed into private hands during the confiscation, and in 1947 it opened its doors as a school, initially for girls, Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, by the hand of Miss Maripepa Presencio, the seed of the current Nuestra Señora Teaching Cooperative. from Lourdes. Later, in 1963, the Santo Tomás de Aquino school for children was opened.

In the 80s it was acquired by a housing cooperative that built the current building. During its demolition, part of the wall of the Arab castle on which it was built was exposed.

However, there are still some elements that we can still enjoy, such as the old cellars known as La Cueva del Monaguillo, or the patio and the houses located next to the Compás.