{"id":27452,"date":"2024-01-02T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T07:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fuertehoteles.com\/?p=27452"},"modified":"2024-01-02T08:05:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T07:05:58","slug":"malaga-roman-theatre-alcazaba-gifralfaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fuertehoteles.com\/en\/destinations\/malaga-roman-theatre-alcazaba-gifralfaro\/","title":{"rendered":"3 emblematic places to see in M\u00e1laga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malaga is one of the cities at the top of the places where you can live better in Spain.<\/strong> The climate is one of the reasons why Malaga is the chosen destination for nationals and foreigners to live.\u00a0But it is not only the temperatures and the sun that attract people to make their home in the city of the Costa del Sol, but it is also an attraction and a point of reference for Spanish and foreign tourism, which every year increases the number of tourists who want to know this wonderful city in depth. Malaga has a multitude of corners, history, and a unique cultural heritage that attracts the curious and lovers of the most spectacular treasures of this city.<\/p>\n

Monuments, squares, theaters, churches, castles, gardens, museums, alleys, and cemeteries are the historical and cultural heritage of this peculiar city, which mixes the most modern and avant-garde with the historical.\u00a0A visit to the most emblematic places in Malaga is a must if you want to get to know the roots and origins of this city.<\/p>\n

It is a city so full of life that fascinates with its folklore, and modern culture, where gastronomy is especially important with its fried fish, the traditions and typical dances of Malaga, the closeness of its people, and also with its ancient history. And so that you can get to know the most unique history first hand, here are the historical monuments of Malaga par excellence.<\/p>\n

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Alcazaba<\/h2>\n

\"Alcazaba<\/p>\n

This Palace and fortress whose name in Arabic means citadel is one of the landmarks of the city, a very popular place which combines history and beauty in the same place.<\/p>\n

Belonging to the Muslim era, it is located at the foot of Mount Gibralfaro, the location of an Arabic defensive castle to which it was attached by a corridor guarded by walls called La Coracha; next to the Roman Theatre and opposite the Customs building, it is an opportunity to see the fusion of the Roman, Moorish and Renaissance cultures only a few metres away, making this site this a very special place to visit.<\/p>\n

\"Interior<\/p>\n

Built between 1057 and 1063 according to historians by the Muslims at the request of Berber king of Taifa of Granada, Badis. Haulage materials were used for its construction, and pieces from the nearby Roman theatre were also used, such as columns and capitals.<\/p>\n

The Almoravids later arrive to Malaga in 1092 and the Almohades in 1146. In 1279, the city is conquered by Muhammad II Ben al-Ahmar and it is transferred to the kingdom of Nazarita. Its reform gives it a deep imprint as a Moorish building built on the rock. It combines the needs of defence and beauty of a Moorish palace with its structure with rectangular patios and corridors around its gardens and ponds. In the tradition of the Granadian architecture, interiors rooms strive for the alternation of light and shadow to obtain those effects that Arab builders dominate so well.<\/p>\n

\"Alcazaba<\/p>\n

Its military component makes it one of the most important works preserved in Muslim Spain. It also features Mataca\u00f1as, watchtowers with loopholes and battlements as defensive elements, although its best defence was its location, from the balconies overlooking the city and the bay.<\/p>\n

A neighbourhood used to be located in the surroundings, now gone, which even had a system to evacuate sewage and latrines in almost every house, which confirms the high level of civilization that existed at the time.<\/p>\n

\"Jardines<\/p>\n

It underwent successive reconstructions, some even in the twentieth century, and is now open for visits also including important archaeological expositions. During the first excavations made for its refurbishment, concrete Roman walls coated with red stucco and small pools dug in slate were discovered, intended for the preparation of Garum (fish paste that was prepared by the Romans) as well as a dungeon where Christian captives were kept working during the day.<\/p>\n

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