[6] The people that lived in the territory during the Bronze Age have left a remarkable site: El Cigarralejo, which was an Iberian settlement and included a necropolis and a shrine.

There were people in a former town that is currently an archaeological site named Cerro de la Almagra.

[7] Following the 1243 Treaty of Alcaraz, a Castilian army led by the then infante Alfonso of Castile laid siege and took the place by force in 1244.

[9] Most of the Muslim population was driven out of the place and Mula, following the ensuing demographic replacement, henceforth became a vanguard post and power base of the Crown of Castile in the region.

[12] A royal demesne town nestled in between the dominions of the military orders of Santiago, the Temple and the Hospital, as well as the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, Mula was granted several privileges in 1296, including tax exemptions and the ratification of its fuero.

[14] Mula experienced a demographic boom following the Fall of Granada, increasing its population threefold in barely three decades.

The church has an art museum made possible by a donation from Doña Pilar de la Canal, widow of Don Pedro Luis Blaya, in 1940.

The architecture of the castle is Renaissance in its defensive character and simple forms, situated over a crag of rock.

Of the two entrances, one of them accedes better to the high part of the wall and the towers of the old Muslim fortress in addition to a drawbridge.

This is held each year on the second Sunday of November, coinciding with the Craft Bazaar "Las 4 Plazas".

It's an occasion to benefit from the actors, directors, and invitations to enjoy the historic resources, cultural inheritance, excellent temperature, and partake of the rich gastronomy of the region.

The origin of the playing of the drum in Mula is difficult to narrow down, but seems to have taken place during the 14th century, as a form of protest.

For this reason, it is supposed that already at that time in the Holy Week of that year the people went out to play drums through the streets.

It is possible that through the ages in which the playing of the drum in this locality, Holy Week, it could have been a form of religious demonstration, but it is not at all the case that the people of Mula begin to play drums in protest at the restrictions and prohibitions imposed by the civil and catholic authorities in the locality.

The design of the drums may have changed over the length of the years, perhaps losing something of the originality, taking many of the elements of neighbouring Moratalla, but moving toward perfection in many perceptions.

The instruments, whose diameters seldom approached more than 45 centimeters, had a like complement of drumsticks with fine points, that served to drumroll and beat without great force.

Easter and Semana Santa, along with Tamborada (night of the drums), declared as National Tourist Interest.

Processions begin on Good Friday from the Church of San Miguel with the Via Crucis, and continue with the procession of Palm Sunday morning from Santo Domingo church to meet Pedro Leon nude in the Town Hall Square.

On Easter Sunday, the procession of the Risen Christ descends from the Royal Monastery of the Incarnation to the Town Hall Square where 9 processional thrones meet each other.

"Bando huertano" on afternoon with floats towed by agricultural machinery, barracks and buildings that emulate typical of the garden, with distribution of sausages and vegetables.

25, feast of the Patron Saint Philip Martir, with evening religious service in the church of San Miguel followed by procession.