Alcazaba de Marbālla

Today: Castillo de Marbella, Marbella

Place: Marbālla (Marbella)
Kind: Fortress
Built: c. 901 to 1485
What remains: Ruins

A ruined rectangular castle in the old town, also called the alcazaba of Marbella. Its medieval fabric goes back to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān III, who wanted a base on the coast against the rebellion of Ibn Ḥafṣūn, though archaeology increasingly points to a Roman origin; it defended the Naṣrid kingdom until the surrender of 11 June 1485. In the 19th century it served as the cemetery.

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