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Almanzora Valley · Almería
The village that declared war on France in 1883 and signed the peace a hundred years later, among marble quarries.
Líjar celebrates its San Blas fiestas until Tuesday 29: paella and a corrida de cintas (ribbon race) on Sunday, the procession of the Salves on Monday and the saint’s procession on Tuesday.
Almanzora Valley · Almería
Líjar, with 378 inhabitants (INE, 2025), lies in the south-east of the Almanzora Valley, in the foothills of the Sierra de los Filabres. Marble quarrying, in quarries away from the village, is its main economic activity.
It is known for a remarkable story: on 14 October 1883, its town council, led by mayor Miguel García Sáez, declared war on France over the insults suffered by King Alfonso XII in Paris. A hundred years later, on 30 October 1983, it signed a symbolic peace before the French consuls in Málaga and Almería.
It honours San Blas, its patron saint, on 3 February, and at the end of September, around the feast of San Miguel, it holds its main fiestas in honour of the saint, with a procession, paella and a ribbon race.
On this page you will find all the news from Líjar: local news, fiestas, culture, marble and its people. Neighbouring towns: Cantoria and Chercos.