Alcazaba de Málaga

A fortified palace of the Arab era that has been built on top op the Gibralfaro hill, near the Castillo de Gibralfaro, with which it is united by means of a double wall called coracha. It was built in the 11th century and is the most important conserved Arab military building in all of Spain. Its primary purpose was to defend the city and for this it has 30 towers and 20 fortified gates. It was the residence for Arab kings and after the reconquest for the Christian kings. It has two inner courtyards where we find gardens, baths and shops. The Palacio Nazarí is located in the second courtyard, which contains living areas for the kings. The Alcazaba is built of stone, but since the limestone that was used falls apart fairly easy, various reconstructions and repairs were necessary. The last of these took place in 1933, only two years after having been declared a National Monument.

The Catedral de la Encarnación

Construction of the cathedral began after the reconquest and took from 1528 to 1782 to be completed. It was built by Diego de Siloe. The cathedral has two distinctive styles, the interior is Baroque and the façade contains renaissance elements and consists of two floors. The ground floor has three arches and in each one is a big door. All doors are separated by great marble columns. The people from Malaga call the cathedral “La Manquita” because it only has one of its two towers, the second one hasn’t been built due to financial problems. Nowadays the Malagueños are divided about the cathedral, one group wants to see the second tower completed and others are satisfied with the way the cathedral looks now.

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