Archidona

Archidona is a city and municipality in the province of Málaga, a part of the self sufficient community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is the center of the comarca of Nororiental de Málaga and the pinnacle of the judicial district that bears its name. It earned the title of town in 1901. It covers an area of 187 km2 extending from the east side of the Hoya of Antequera. The town is placed at a height of 666 meters inside the foothills of the Sierra de Gracia. With eight,858 inhabitants, Archidona is the maximum populous municipality within the comarca. The populace is focused inside the important urban facilities of the identical call and in Salinas, Estacion de Archidona and Huertas del Río. The municipality is located about 50 kilometers from the metropolis of Malaga and 20 km from Antequera. Archaeological unearths verify the presence of settlers inside the location from the Lower Paleolithic.

The oldest everlasting settlement correspond to Escua, founded by way of the Phoenicians, and Ulisis, inhabited by way of Turduli and Romans. During the Muslim period, Medina Arxiduna carried out notoriety via becoming the capital of Rayya Cora. In his alcazaba he changed into proclaimed Emir Abd al-Rahman I in 756, leading to the status quo of the Emirate of Cordoba in al-Andalus. After the Christian conquest in 1462, the metropolis remained under the seigniorial jurisdiction of the House of Osuna.