Lake District

This geographical area is known in the Tourist Industry as the "Spanish Lake District" but don't look for any cottages offering Devonshire Teas.
In 1914 the Turon river was dammed to regulate water supply on which Malaga depends. The engineer who built it acheived his aim using Cyclopean Cement (No, I never heard of it either,) by which it is to be assumed they mean he was a man of restricted vision. Nevertheless King Alfonso XII was so impressed by the feat when he visited in 1921 that he made him a Count and named the dam the Embalse Conde de Guadalhorce.
A little known folk feature of the Lakes is the use of pumpkins for roofing.Read more