mount benacanti

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View of the famous Santa Barbara Castle on Mount Benacantil in Alicante, Spain Royalty Free Stock Photo

Aerial view Alicante Spain port with sailboats on the Mediterranean Royalty Free Stock Photo

Aerial view Alicante Spain with modern colorful apartment and office building on the Mediterranean Royalty Free Stock Photo

Aerial view Alicante Spain with modern apartment and office building on the Mediterranean Royalty Free Stock Photo

Alicante city and port panorama in haze at sunset Royalty Free Stock Photo

Aerial view of Santa Barbara castle ancient fortress with panoramic views in Alicante Spain Royalty Free Stock Photo

Mount Benacantil presents a strategic situation of great value, since it dominates the plain of Alicante, as well as the bay that extends from Torre del Charco to Cabo de Santa Pola. Is by This, perhaps, was chosen by all the cultures that passed through these lands, for their settlement. With independence of the existence of archaeological remains of older occupations Prehistoric, Iberian, Roman and late Roman, the first news of the existence of a castle on top of the Mount Benacantil are from the Islamic period.