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Almogia
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In Malaga Province, Spain
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 This small town roughly halfway between Malaga and Antequera is rightly proud of its name. It derives from the Moorish al-megia or al-mexia, 'the pretty one', a reference to its position in the foothills of the Sierra del Hacho, in the shadow of the Sancti-Petri peak.
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History of Almogia
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There was very probably a settlement here since Roman times, as the presence of a Roman road nearby attests. The town we see was settled by Moors, and during the revolt against Cordoba's Omeyas caliphate by Omar ben Hafsun in the 11th century Almogia was fortified as an outpost of Hafsun's castle at Bobastro, near the El Chorro gorge. During the wars of the Reconquest, Almogia was also used as a prison for Christian captives, and fell to the Christians only late in the Reconquest - 1487, just five years before the decisive fall of Grenada in 1492. Many of the 'Moriscos' - "those allowed to remain" - were involved in the unsuccessful Moorish uprising of 1570, and reprisals were harsh, leading to a drastic depopulation of the area. The castle was captured by the French in the 19th century War of Independence, and deliberately destroyed prior to their ousting. Today, only one of the original seven towers remains, the Torre de la Vela, possibly named after the tower in the Alhambra whose bell tolled the time for the surrounding countryside.
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Places to visit in Almogia
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The castle, known as the Hins-Xan-Biter (Sancti-Petri, after the mountain) is the most prominent structure in Almogia, although most of it is in ruins. The town's most remarkable church is the Iglesia de Nuestra Se
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Almogia in Wikipedia
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Almogia , in Malaga Province, Spain.
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Almogia in Google Maps
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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Almogia,MALAGA,Spain&ie=UTF8&z=11&iwloc=addr&om=1
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Web : Almogia
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Prima Rent a Car : Car Rental for the Town of Almogia
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