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Mālaqa مالقة

Today: Málaga, Spain

Years: 711–1487
Role: Port of the Nasrid kingdom

The port of the Naṣrid kingdom and one of the busiest in the western Mediterranean, Mālaqa exported raisins, figs, silk and its famous lustreware through Genoese merchants. The Alcazaba and Gibralfaro guarded the bay; the city fell in 1487 after a hard siege by the Catholic Monarchs.

What to see today

Alcazaba de Málaga (Alcazaba de Mālaqa): Fortress, c. 1057 to 1400
Castillo de Gibralfaro (Alcázar de Gibralfaro): Fortress, c. 1340
Mercado Central de Atarazanas (Puerta de las Atarazanas nazaríes): Gate, c. 1354 to 1391
Muralla nazarí de la plaza de la Marina (Muralla nazarí de Mālaqa): Walls, 14th century
Necrópolis de Yabal Faruh (Ŷabal Faruh): Archaeological site, 12th to 13th century
Torre Molinos (Torre de los Molinos): Tower, c. 1300
Torre Bermeja: Tower, 14th to 15th century

Day drives

From Mālaqa to Runda: 3 stops · about 77 km

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