Malaga is located in the Costa del Sol in the southern part of Spain on the Mediterrean Sea. While it is known for some of Europe's most impressive beaches, there were very few people on the beach today as cool & overcast. While rain threatened most of the day, we lucked out and didn't see any.
The major attractions in Malaga are the Moorish palaces of Alcabaza & Gibralfaro plus the Malaga Cathedral. Malaga was an important trading post for Roman trade with Byzantium until it fell to the Moors in 711& was their main port serving Granada. It was recaptured by the Christians in 1487.
The Malaga Cathedral was started in 1528 but was interrupted in 1680 by an earthquake. The nickname is La Manquita which means the one-armed one due to the second towe being being abandoned in 1765. There is an American "connection" for the reason there is only one tower. Supposedly the bishop at the time siphoned off funds to aid the American a Revolution.
We had an international lunch at the Berlin Cafe, eating Spanish ham in an Italian panini, English tea in Swedish Ikea mugs & fresh squeezed Valencia orange juice. Eating outside, there was a wall shrine on the building across from us. We learned that the reason for all the wall shrines you see. During the Plague, people were afraid to leave their homes to go to church. This way they could look at a window & say their prayers to the shrine.
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