The town charter of Almazarrón Historical milestone · Mazarrón, Bajo Guadalentín, Murcia Image of Mazarrón, not of the place itself. Philip II granted Almazarrón in 1572 the founding privilege that gave it its own council; until then the settlement had lived under the double tutelage of the Marquis of Los Vélez and the Marquis of Villena, owners of its alum mines. 1 de agosto de 1572 Photo: Evgeniy Isaev from Moscow, Russia (CC BY 2.0) What to see and do in Mazarrón