Phoenician and Carthaginian
Tejada la Vieja
Today: Escacena del Campo, Spain
- Years
- 800 BCE–400 BCE
A walled town on a hilltop, born about the 8th century BCE beside the mines of the Tejada and Aznalcóllar ranges, which lived on mining and the metal trade. Its appearance is tied to the arrival of Phoenician trade in lower Andalusia, and its double-faced wall follows eastern models. The decline of the mines emptied it out towards the 4th century BCE.
What to see today
- Tejada la Vieja (Muralla de Tejada la Vieja): Walls, 8th century BCE