Antequera Spain

by Mary Machare

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Antequera Spain

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Mary Machare

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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

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Antequera is known as the crossroads of Andalucía with direct motorway links to Malaga, Granada, Sevilla and Cordoba.

This beautiful town is steeped in history but over the last few years it has become a very modern cosmopolitan town with it's many street bars and cafes. The city had its origins in the ancient Roman Antikaria, although several sites located in the town attest that the area was previously inhabited. It has an extensive archaeological and architectural heritage, highlighted by the dolmens of Menga, Viera and El Romeral, and numerous churches, convents and palaces of different periods and styles.

During the last quarter of the 1st mellennium BCE, the Iberian peninsula became part of the Roman Empire. As in many other places in Andalusia, the current city plan and its name originate from when Spain was part of the Roman Empire; the Latin name of the city was Antikaria. Under the Romans, the city continued to be an important commercial centre, especially known for the quality of its olive oil.

Over the next few centuries it was home to the Vandals, Alans, suebi and Visigoths. Later the Arabs conqured the area and renamed the city Medina Antaquira. The city remained under Arab rule until 1212 when the Christian Kings united and defeated the Arabs in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.

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April 22nd, 2013

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