The Catholic Monarchs gave the city the religious statue of the Virgen de la Victoria ("Virgin of Victory").

The procession carried the royal standard from the conquest of Málaga and proceeded from the Cathedral to the Church of Saint James the Apostle (Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol) where a mass was celebrated.

The festivities eventually went into decline and the celebration of the Feast of Saint Louis became little more than a mass and sermon.

In 1887, to commemorate the fourth centenary of the conquest, the festival was returned to the traditional date for the taking of Málaga by the Catholic Monarchs, with a procession of the Virgen de la Victoria, a procession simulating the entry of the Catholic Monarchs and their army, expositions of plants and flowers, regattas, concerts, bullfights, etc.

Booths are set up, there are performances for children and adults, music and dance (especially verdiales, the most characteristic local variant of flamenco), and decked-out horses and carriages attempting to make their way through it all.