aerial view malaga alcazaba and gibralfaro castle crenellated wall parapet towers

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Aerial view of Malaga Alcazaba and Gibralfaro castle, crenellated wall, parapet and towers Royalty Free Stock Photo

Aerial view of Malaga Alcazaba and Gibralfaro castle, crenellated wall, parapet and towers

The Castle of Gibralfaro is situated on the mountain with the same name. On top of this mountain there are the remains of a small fortification dating back to Phoenician-Punic times. During the reign of Abderraman III, the Muslims also built a defence on the mountain.The castle we can see nowadays was mostly built by Yusuf I in 1340 AD in order to improve the defence of MÃ¡laga.The Nasrid Kingdom was isolated on the Peninsula and was surrounded by the Kingdom of Castille, to which it had to pay tribute to keep its lands safe.Because of this situation, the only way to protect the kingdom from a possible attack was to construct various rings of walls that were reinforced with hundreds of towers.MÃ¡laga was an almost impregnable city, but it had one weak point: Gibralfaro mountain.At the beginning of the 13th century, when gunpowder was getting more popular in Europe, Muslims understood that if Christians would put their cannons up on the mountain, the city would have been bombarded and conquered by the Christians in days. This is why Yusuf I ordered to build a castle and a 'coracha'.