Toma de Vélez-Málaga por Fernando el Católico Historical milestone · Vélez-Málaga, La Axarquía, Málaga Image of Vélez-Málaga, not of the place itself. On 27 April 1487 Fernando the Catholic took Vélez-Málaga, as part of the campaign to conquer the Axarquía. 1487 Photo: Berkaysnklf (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Vélez-Málaga