Independencia municipal de Serrato Historical milestone · Serrato, Guadalteba, Málaga Image of Serrato, not of the place itself. Serrato voted for its autonomy in a referendum on 27 August 1994, obtained the status of autonomous local entity in May 1999, and was established as an independent municipality on 2 December 2014, a date it celebrates every year with a communal paella. Photo: LorenaAC (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Serrato