Tag: history
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Bellver Castle, Palma, Mallorca
Summer — like the much-maligned international tourists about whom so much media attention here, and in other popular holiday destination cities of Spain, has been paid — has descended on the island of Mallorca. On one hand the arrival seems to have happened instantly; on the other hand, the build-up of heat and sun, and…
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Day Trip to Malaga: Street Scenes, Roman Theater, and Alcazaba de Malaga
The location of Malaga has been a human settlement for thousands of years. As a city it was founded by the Phoenicians, was an important part of Roman Iberia, a major city in Islamic Al-Andalus, then a key piece of the Monarchy of Catholic Spain, and continues to be an important commercial city in contemporary…