People of Estepona
Those who made the city without anyone telling the story.
Family doctors with four generations on the same street. A teacher who copied books by hand in order to study. A flamenco dancer who won the Giraldillo. A doctor who spent thirteen years imprisoned in Algiers. History has a name.
Person profiles
In-depth profiles.
Medicina y cuidados · 1930 – 2006 (documentado)
Dr. Antonio Mena Arce
Cuatro generaciones de la familia Mena Arce ejercieron la medicina en Calle Caridad 125 desde 1897. El Dr. Antonio Mena Arce, entrevistado a los 76 años en diciembre de 2006, fue la cuarta generación documentada.
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Educación · Siglo XX (documentado 2007)
Francisco Gutiérrez
Francisco Gutiérrez ejerció el magisterio durante décadas en Estepona, pasando por la Academia Álvarez, el colegio José Solís (hoy Miguel Hernández) y, en sus últimos diez años, el C.P. Sierra Bermeja. La revista InfoEstepona lo entrevistó en enero de 2007 como maestro de vocación querido por varias generaciones de alumnos.
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The Estepona that has a name.
Pedro Manrique and the promenade that bears his name
Pedro Manrique was the only documented person from Estepona among the fifty who died alongside General Torrijos in 1831, shot for defending the liberal constitution. Estepona's seafront promenade bears his name.
Juana Luna, the midwife on a Vespa
Juana Luna was a midwife in Estepona when women on motorbikes were an exception. Her statue in Parque del Calvario shows her with the Vespa. A figure who captures a whole era in a single image.
Doña Mencía Navarro: 33 years, 7 months and 25 days
Doña Mencía Navarro taught in Estepona for 33 years, 7 months and 25 days. The daughter of farmworkers, she copied her classmates' books by hand in order to study. The precision of the date reflects the weight of her presence.
The doctor who healed Estepona and ended up in Algiers
Licenciado Murillo was a 17th-century physician who treated epidemics in Estepona and Marbella, was captured by Barbary pirates and spent 13 years imprisoned in Algiers, where he continued practising medicine through three epidemics. Calle Murillo in the old town bears his name.
Four generations on Calle Caridad
From 1897, four generations of the Mena Arce family practised medicine at Calle Caridad 125, Estepona. A story of rootedness, vocation and continuity documented through to 2006.
The mayor who transformed Estepona — and at what cost
Ángel Farinós was the mayor of Estepona's great urban transformation in the 1960s. The chronicle that documents his achievements also notes the mistakes. The chronicler was the deputy mayor who worked alongside him.
Shared memory
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