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La Concepción
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La Concepción
A Roman statue in the Loring Museum
In addition to its botanical riches, La Concepcion boasts an equally-significant historical
heritage. In the XIX century, La Concepcion served as a meeting point for a whole host of
illustrious figures of the time. Politicians, artists, aristocrats and the noble Malaga bourgeoisie
all frequented its gardens. As a result, a number of distinguished buildings were erected here: the
magnificent Stately Home, the cypress house, the administrator’s house, the gardener’s hut and the
schoolhouse; two iron greenhouses; a large arbour; fountains, footbridges, flights of steps, a
delightful viewpoint, and, most impressive of all, the Loring Museum, a small, Doric-style building
which housed the archaeological discoveries unearthed in the excavations financed by the estate’s
first owners. Some of these archaeological pieces are on display around the museum, having recently
been relocated as part of a project by the architect Jose Fernandez Oyarzabal.
San Telmo Aqueduct
Historical heritage
A Roman statue in the Loring Museum
San Telmo Aqueduct
San Telmo Aqueduct
The water supply of Malaga has been one of the most serious problems the city has had since ancient times. In 1782, at the request of Bishop Molina Lario, the architect Aldehuela Martin began working on the San Telmo Aqueduct, because the work of hydraulic engineering was considered very important in the eighteenth-century Spain.
Over 10 km of route from its outlet from the River Guadalmedina, with 33 bridges and 30
aqueducts, reaching its destination by gravity.
In 1788 he authorized the supply to La Concepción. Here one can see part of the branch that
supplied water to the farm prior to the garden.
