Almuñécar

Learn About the History of Almuñecar

Pre-Historic History - It is amazing to think about the number of people and lives that have been affected by this area throughout time. We live in the 21st Century, but life in this area dates back to at least 1 million years ago, our lives represent merely a grain in the overall sands of time.

Phoenician Almuñécar - Almuñécar was first settled by the early Phoenicians during the late Bronze Age, around 1500 BC. With their arrival, Phoenician Almuñécar, or "Sexi" as they called it, was put on the map for the first time...

Roman Almuñécar - In 6th century BC the Phoenicians started to be pushed out of the Iberian Peninsula and back into North Africa by the Carthaginians, a former Phoenician colony. Cadiz became the Carthaginians main settlement in Spain. These people soon came into direct conflict with the next major Mediterranean power, Rome...

Moorish Almuñécar - Seven hundred years of Moorish influence left an unmistakable mark on Spain, making it markedly different even today from the rest of Western Europe. The Moors not only brought their religion, but also their music, their art, their view of life, and their architecture...

Christian Almuñécar - The Reconquista (or Reconquest) was the period in history of the Iberian Peninsula of about 780 years between the time of the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada to the expanding Christian kingdoms in 1492...