The Real Story Of Cortijo Jurado Málaga

Casa Encantada, or Cortijo Jurado, is a 19th-century home in ruins. It lies near Campanillas Village in Málaga Province, Spain, off the A-357. Being one of the Province's most haunted houses is well-deserved.

It is estimated that the 45,206-square-meter Cortijo estate is valued around 1.4 million euros.

Málaga's influential Heredia family, one of Andalucia's wealthiest, built the residence in the nineteenth century. The cortijo was created to turn the farm into a large-scale farm. It was constructed throughout the year with 365 windows, one for each day. The Jurado family bought the farm in 1925.

It is also known as "the haunted mansion" in Málaga because to its ethereal appearance and the many reports of unexplained sounds and voices. It is one of Spain's most famous "haunted" constructions and is considered a temple by supernaturalists.

According to urban legend, the Heredia family and other affluent families in the area stole 18–21-year-old girls and tortured and killed them with demonic ceremonies. Their victims' remains are allegedly buried deep in the property where they were slaughtered.

Although several young girls disappeared during this time, there was no proof linking them to the Heredia family. Some say they avoided punishment by exploiting their riches and position. No matter the facts, paranormal investigators argue that the misery and suffering behind those dismal walls has caused ghostly phenomena that cannot be explained.

In 2002, the Málaga Council approved a proposal to build a four-star hotel on the Cortijo Jurado grounds. It also required renovating the old building to provide a public cultural space.

A high-profile event was held in December 2004 to get the building license. The project was formally launched when Malaga Mayor Francisco de la Torre laid the symbolic foundation stone. After four years, no bricks have been laid. Since then, Mirador has been sued by consumers who bought pre-construction houses that were never built.

The courts froze Cortijo lands to protect liabilities of five million euros. The bulk of these obligations are owing to Promociones Pantie, from whom Mirador received the property mortgage. Mirador also owes the Málaga Council 365,000 euros.

After the initial project's construction license expired in December 2008, the Málaga Council controversially extended it.

In February 2009, opposition council member Antonio Serrano, a "United Left," accused the town hall of bribery and abuse of power with the Mirador group.

Serrano raised many key issues, including the town hall's failure to pay the ten percent building license fee, 900,000 euros. The town hall argued that the limits had not yet taken effect when the agreement was signed.

In May 2009, a Malaga court ordered the struggling property business Mirador to sell the property at a public auction on May 11 at the request of Promociones Pantie, one of the firm's largest creditors. The auction failed due to administrative errors.