MALAGA.
Malaga's main city of Spain an exceptional climate with mild temperatures and a large beach, incredible scenery.
History of Malaga.
Malaga historical sites and beaches in Spain.Malaga has been inhabited since prehistoric times, but it is with the arrival of the Phoenicians and their settlement in the Paraje Natural mouth of the Guadalhorce when he was founded the colony Malaka, origin of the city.
Phoenician, Punic and Iberians in Malaga.
These Semitic merchants formed several colonies in the area due to the existing wealth of wood for smelting and the industry of the production of purple or salted fish. After the domination of the trade by the Carthaginians in the second half of the 6th century the Phoenician colonies are abandoned, settling the Carthaginians on the southern Spanish coast.
In the centuries ranging from end of VI B.c. (before Christ) to change of Malaga territories are occupied by two types of people: those who live in the coastal area, called Libiofenicios, and those of the interior, called indigenous, Iberian or turdetani.
At the end of the 3rd century BC the Romans begin the fight against the Carthaginians to dominate the area and unifying its population. Latin is imposed and changed the life and customs of the inhabitants. Malaga becomes part of Hispania Ulterior.
After two centuries of domination Málaga begins to count on new roads that connect it with other territories. New legal statutes, notably in the 1st century the Lex Flavia Malacitana, enacted in the year 81 will receive. Some fragments of this Act can be read today in the center of interpretation of the Roman Theater of Málaga.
Is in this area where we can see remnants of this era as one of the main monuments of the city, the Roman Theatre, which also has recovered as scenic space; or the glass prism of calle Alcazabilla through which you can admire the pools of garum.
Precisely the garum was a very important product economically in the history of Malaga as it was exported to many parts of the Roman Empire.
Over the centuries III and IV large changes occur in all areas, even in the beliefs, Christianity to spread vigorously. The fall of the Roman Empire is followed by the Dominion of Byzantium, until they are expelled the Visigoths at the beginning of the 7th century.
In 711, the feudalisation of the Muslim conquest process is interrupted. New residents settle and much of the indigenous population took refuge in the Montes de Malaga Natural Park.
After the defeat of King Rodrigo at the hands of Tarig Ibn Ziyad begin eight centuries of history in which Malaga will belong to the Islamic world. This fact will lead to an evolution different from society in comparison with which is being held in the Europe of the time, the feudal.
Architecture, housing without facades oriented interior, handicraft, trade and agriculture for the supply of urban centers, are some characteristics of this period.
The process of Islamization that is produced during the VIII and IX powered by the new dynasty of the Umayyads, is going to deal with the resistance of the tribal groups, as well as the heirs of the Visigothic aristocracy.
The most important rebellion against the Umayyad State, will be the cast, at the end of the 9th century and early 10th century, Omar ben Hafsun and his sons, whose center was located in the province of Málaga, specifically in Bobastro. This revolt was the last attempt of Al - andalus in maintenance of the privileges of feudal-style by the aristocracy of hispano-godo origin, that was destined to fail lacking social base that support it, to the progress of Islamization in the whole of the population.
The fall of Bobastro imposed the Islamic system with the proliferation of farmhouses in the countryside, as well as the intensification of irrigation.
The Caliphate glistens with prosperity until the year 976 where Al - Hakam II dies and rises to the throne his minor child. The political crisis leads to the fractionation of the Taifa kingdoms. They had various Caliphs.
It is in this period that built the Alcazaba of Malaga, one of the most important moments of the city and in a good state of conservation.
The integration of successive empires Berber Almoravids and Almohads, from the end of the 11th century until well into the 13th century, contemplates the final implementation of the land and the city of Malaga, in the area of the Western Mediterranean.
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