History of Malaga
Malaga is a harbour town in the middle of Costa del Sol, in Andalucia. Malaga is Spains 5th largest town, and it has a long and fascinating history.
With a mix of cultures and religions during its history, it’s a great place to visit. Holding phoenician, greek, roman, moorish, jewish, and christian heritage, the towns history is really interesting.
The history of Malaga started already year 800 BC when the phoenicians came to town. The town was named Malaca, which probably derives from “malac”, “salt”, since they salted fish in the harbour. The greeks came year 500 BC and were followed by the romans (200 BC). The romans stayed for another 600 years and built a roman theatre, close to the fort Alcazaba. Teatro Romano is one of the first roman theatres built in Spain.
Year 743 came the moors and Malaga became an important trading town, famous for figs and wine. 1478 Malaga was re-conquered by Spain and La plaza de constitucion was constructed. 1528 the construction of the cathedral began, and the construction lasted 300 years, but only one of the two towers was completed. Because of this, the cathedral is called by the locals “La Manquita” (the one-armed lady).
A famous person that was born here, was Pablo Picasso, and he lived here until he in his young years moved to Barcelona and France. Malaga is a perfect place to visit for it’s food, wine, culture, history and of course the beaches.
