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Home > Travel Spain > Spain Attractions > The Alcazaba: A Palace and Fortress of Many Malaga’s Rulers
The Alcazaba: A Palace and Fortress of Many Malaga’s Rulers
Malaga is Andalusia’s second principal city with more than 530 000 citizens who live along east of Andalusia Mediterranean seashore. Throughout its important harbor and with a mountain backdrop, it provides the town with an exceptional and exclusive viewpoint. Implicated in different extraordinary periods since its establishment in 1066, Malaga provides great range of options of sightseeing and architecture. As a minimum, it will supply you with the characteristic Spanish flair and lively courtyards, leafy palmed boulevards, beautiful gardens, narrow streets in the old part of the city and a huge extraordinary fortress that consist of Gibralfaro and Alcazaba underneath the town. The Alcazaba was the fortress and palace of Malaga’s Muslim authorities, with 2 rings of barricade and many extraordinary defensive towers. Its construction began in 1057 by Badis, a Granada kingdom monarch. At this moment, it is still in renovation; neverthelles, you can go and visit it everyday but Tuesday for free entrance. On top of Alcazaba and linked by a drape wall called La Coracha, you will notice the older Castillo de Gibralfaro, constructed in the 8th century by a Cordoban ruler called Abd ar-Rahman. There, you have an unbelievable view of Malaga and a good path surrounding. It also has a museum that shows the Castillo and Malaga’s development over the years.
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