Monuments to visit Málaga

Built between the xie and the xivth century by the Maures, it served both as a military fortress and as a royal residence. A testimony of medieval times and of the Taifa malagueña, it consists of several concentric walls punctuated by towers. The site is splendid, especially since the Alcazaba was renovated at the beginning of the century. With bougainvillea and cypress scattered on both sides. An Archeological Museum displays the remains found in the Alcazaba (potteries, Roman statues…) and is housed in the palace; At his feet, we can observe the presence of the Roman theater dating back to the era of the Emperor Augustus.

By climbing the gardens of Puerta Oscura, the steep paths along the lighthouse of the Lighthouse provide a splendid view of Málaga and its bay to the interior of the bullring (also access by bus No. 35). The origins of the castle are discussed: The building could partly date from the Punic era, with the Phoenicians already using the mount as a watchtower. Remanié in the th century under the reign of Yusuf I, the building was united at the Alcazaba by fortifications.

It is located at the foot of the hill where the two fortresses of Malaga, the Alcazaba and the castle of Gibralfaro are located. Built in the era of Auguste, this Roman theatre was used until the th century. But with the arrival of the Arabs, he served as a career for new constructions, especially for the Alcazaba where many capitals and drums of Roman columns came from this theatre. It was during the landscaping of the garden adjoining the house of culture that was discovered in 1951, the house was destroyed when archaeologists realized the importance of their discovery. Even if the excavations have not yet been completed, almost all the elements of the theatre have been updated (entrance to the proscenium or scene, area of the orchestra, gateway, etc.). And he is now entitled to receive theatre performances that usually take place in the summer in an exceptional environment. We will also visit its interpretation centre, which will be able to know the life and customs of Des Romana.

Rather classical, they date from the th century and present the Taurin museum Antonio Ordónez. The first bullring of the city were built at the end of the th century near the convent of the. They were in wood, as were the many following, in the heart of a neighbourhood close to the harbour, where there were wine warehouses of the famous Heredia society. Historians report that this taurin building was destroyed for fear of fire. Plazas built afterwards did not, however, make a long fire. In 1849, the new arrival was installed near the convent of San Francisco, now extinct. The arenas were stone and could accommodate 12 000 spectators, and their owner demolished them in 1864 for dark political reasons. A new plaza is built, near the sea, with the possibility of welcoming more than 9 000 spectators, this time is the right one, the plaza de la Malagueta was born, and opened in 1876, with a bullfighting of Murube for Antonio Carmona El Gordito, and Lagartijo, the stars of the moment.

It was therefore in this dwelling that Pablo Picasso was born on the night of 25 October 1881. Today converted to Picasso Foundation, she studied her life and her work. Three rooms show some examples of the different ways of expression of the painter (graphic works, ceramics, illustrated books). Some temporary exhibitions will also seduce visitors, a good complement to the Picasso museum.

At the foot of the Alcazaba, this Palacio de la Aduana (Customs Palace), projected in 1788 and finished in 1826, is a neo-classical building constructed in the way of the Italian Renaissance palaces with four spans around a central patio surrounded by portico. A former headquarters of the Royal Tobacco Factory and sub-delegation of the provincial government, since late December 2015, he has welcomed the last large pinacothe opened in Malaga after a renovation of the premises through an investment of € 40 million from the state. And now its 18,000 m ² present collections from two institutions in Malaga, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Provincial Archeology. As such, it becomes one of the first 15 museums in Spain and the largest in Andalusia. The site offers visitors a vast pictorial collection of 2,000 works made in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with one of the best collections of Spanish paintings of the nineteenth century and works by Sorolla, Carlos de Haes, Federico Madrazo, Esquivel, Vicente López Portaña or Ramón Casas. There are also a number of paintings made by the Malaga school, including those of the most famous members: Moreno Carbonero, Enrique Simonet, Muñoz Degrain, José Nogales or Bernardo Ferrándiz. As well as a collection of Spanish modern art until the 1950 s, with works by Rafael Canogar, Juan Barjola, Óscar Domínguez or Josep Guinovart.

In the archeological fund, the place has over 15,000 pieces covering a period from the viiith century BC to the medieval period, and will be able to admire many pieces from excavations carried out by the University of Malaga in recent years. As examples, there are two particularly impressive pieces: the grave of a warrior, dated from the life of the century BC and found intact in the historic center of the city in 2012, or a mosaic representing the birth of Venus and found in the municipality of Cártama in the 1950 s.