Al-Andalus

Al-Munakkab المنكب

Today: Almuñécar, Spain

Years: 711–1489

Al-Munakkab was where ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I, the fugitive Umayyad prince, landed in 755 before founding the emirate; it remained a small port of the Naṣrid coast until 1489.

What to see today

Castillo de Salobreña (Alcazaba de Salobreña): Fortress, c. 901 to 1489
Torre del Granizo: Tower, 14th century
Torre del Cambrón: Tower, 13th to 15th century
Castillo de Restábal: Castle, 1333 to 1391
Torre del Tío Bayo: Tower, 13th to 15th century

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