View of the fortress of Alcazaba in Malaga. Magnet

View of the fortress of Alcazaba in Malaga. Travel. Europe. Spain. Malaga is a city in the south of Spain, in the province of Andalusia. Located on the extreme west coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, about 100 km from the Strait of Gibraltar. The city is located in the centre of the bay, surrounded by the Malaga Mountains. In Malaga, two rivers flow - Guadalmedina and Guadalossa, which flow into the Mediterranean Sea. Malaga was founded by the Phoenicians in the 8th century BC, which makes it one of the oldest cities in Europe. Malaga was first a federate, and then a city with Latin law in the Roman Empire; prosperous city of Al-Andalus, four times the capital of Typha of Malaga was annexed to the Castilian crown in 1487. Today, Malaga is a significant economic and cultural centre, as well as an important transport hub on the Mediterranean coast. In Malaga, the ruins of the Roman theatre (1st century AD) and the monuments of Arab architecture - the castle fortress of the Moorish kings of Alcazaba (construction started in the 11th century), the fortress-lighthouse of Gibralfaro (rebuilt in the XIV century.) The Malaga cathedral was built in the Renaissance style in 1528 In Malaga, more than 40 museums and memorial places. Fortress of Alcazaba - fortress palace, whose name is translated from Arabic as "citadel", is one of the most visited monuments of the history of the city, in which the historical value and beauty of architecture are harmoniously combined. Built in the era of Muslim domination, the fortress is located at the foot of the mountain of Gibralfaro, on top of which rises an Arab defensive castle, with which the fortress connects a walled passage, called "La Coracha". The fortress is located next to the Roman theatre and the customs building (Aduan), which allows you to see the fusion of Roman, Arab and Renaissance cultures at a distance of only a few metres. According to Muslim historians, the fortress was built for the Berber Emir of Granada Badis between 1057 and 1063. In its construction, both imported materials and elements of the adjacent Roman theatre-columns and capitals-were used. The fortress of Alcazaba combines its protective purpose with the beauty typical of the Arab palace. According to the traditional architectural principles of Granada, the premises try to combine the play of light and shadow, which Arab master builders so well reached.