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Almería Travel Guide

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City Introduction

Almería is a Mediterranean city located in southeastern Spain. The city was founded in the year 955 by the Moorish Abd al-Rahman III as a new major port city in his kingdom. Abd al-Rahman III established the city’s alcazaba with the name al-Mariyah, which became the Spanish Almería. In 1489, the Catholic kings recaptured the city, which was made a bishop’s seat just three years later. Almería lived through a hard time in the 16th century, when the city was hit by four major earthquakes, and especially the one in 1522 caused great destruction. It was a period with many Berber pirates as well, and they regularly attacked from the seaside until the 18th century. In the 1700s, large deposits of iron were discovered in the area, and it boosted the city with prosperity and expansion.

Today, Almería is a city where you can take some lovely walks in both the old town and in the newer quarters, which stretch along the city’s harbor and the Mediterranean coast. Plaza de la Catedral is a good place to start. The palm-lined square is a beautiful urban space where you can see Almería’s great cathedral, which was built in the period 1524-1562. The architectural style is mainly a mixture of late Gothic and Renaissance, and the cathedral has a typical fortress feel because Almería was often attacked by pirates in the 16th century. In the city, you can also visit the Almería Archaeological Museum, where you can see several finds from the region. Here is a collection of finds from Los Millares and one about the Bronze Age culture of El Argar.

The modern and beautifully landscaped street, Calle Belén, which is lined with palm trees and trees, connects the city center with the port. At the port, the street ends in Plaza de las Velas, and from here there is access to the parks Parque Nicolás Salmerón and Parque de las Almadrabillas. Here is also one of Almería’s distinctive sights, El Cable Inglés, an iron railway structure built in 1904 to transport ore from mines around Granada to cargo ships in Almería’s port. Another special sight are the underground tunnels that were used as shelters during the Spanish Civil War, Refugios subterráneos de Almería. The shelters were several kilometers long in total, and they were built in 1937. The rooms were used during the great bombardment that hit cities on 31 May of the same year.

At the top of Almería is Abd al-Rahman III’s alcazaba, the city’s historic fortress. When Almería gained the status of a city in 955, the construction of the large defensive structure began after a short time. And the alcazaba was like a fortified wall with e.g. houses, squares and a mosque behind the thick walls. The Alcazaba was also the seat of government for the rule of the city and the surrounding sea. The fortress was built by the Moors, and it was continuously extended, also under the subsequent Spanish kings and queens. Therefore, there are several sections of the alcazaba, each of which dates from its time and had its purpose. The fortress is located high above the city and is interesting to visit. You also have an excellent view of the entire city from here.

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Granada, Spain

Granada

Granada is a large city in southern Spain and one of the region’s most visited cultural cities. The area has been inhabited for thousands of years. The settlement was at one time called Iliberis, and it became a Roman colony in 44 BC. 17 years later it received the status of municipium with the name Florentia Iliberritana. The Moors’ conquest of the Iberian Peninsula started in 711, and the Moors left a big mark on Granada with the construction of some of the well-known sights of today.

Granada later became the center of Sephardic Jews, who brought activity to the city as well. The Christian reconquest of Spanish territory reached its end in 1492, when the Emirate of Granada was conquered by Castile. The emirate was succeeded by the Kingdom of Granada, which was dissolved in 1833.

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Cartagena, Spain

Cartagena

Cartagena is a city on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. Its history goes back to the year 227 BC, when the military man Hasdrubal of Carthage founded the city, whose name derives from Carthage. In Roman times, Cartagena became an important city, which was not least due to the large, strategically located natural harbor.

The later Byzantines made Cartagena the capital of the province of Spain, but the city experienced a decline that made it a minor fishing town when the Moors conquered it in 714. After the Christian reconquest, the city grew, and activities and prosperity boomed again from 1728, when Cartagena became the seat of the Spanish fleet in the Mediterranean.

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Overview of Almería

Almería is a Mediterranean city located in southeastern Spain. The city was founded in the year 955 by the Moorish Abd al-Rahman III as a new major port city in his kingdom. Abd al-Rahman III established the city’s alcazaba with the name al-Mariyah, which became the Spanish Almería. In 1489, the Catholic kings recaptured the city, which was made a bishop’s seat just three years later. Almería lived through a hard time in the 16th century, when the city was hit by four major earthquakes, and especially the one in 1522 caused great destruction. It was a period with many Berber pirates as well, and they regularly attacked from the seaside until the 18th century. In the 1700s, large deposits of iron were discovered in the area, and it boosted the city with prosperity and expansion.

Today, Almería is a city where you can take some lovely walks in both the old town and in the newer quarters, which stretch along the city’s harbor and the Mediterranean coast. Plaza de la Catedral is a good place to start. The palm-lined square is a beautiful urban space where you can see Almería’s great cathedral, which was built in the period 1524-1562. The architectural style is mainly a mixture of late Gothic and Renaissance, and the cathedral has a typical fortress feel because Almería was often attacked by pirates in the 16th century. In the city, you can also visit the Almería Archaeological Museum, where you can see several finds from the region. Here is a collection of finds from Los Millares and one about the Bronze Age culture of El Argar.

About the Almería travel guide

Contents: Tours in the city + tours in the surrounding area
Published: Released soon
Author: Stig Albeck
Publisher: Vamados.com
Language: English

About the travel guide

The Almería travel guide gives you an overview of the sights and activities of the Spanish city. Read about top sights and other sights, and get a tour guide with tour suggestions and detailed descriptions of all the city’s most important churches, monuments, mansions, museums, etc.

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