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Archidona

Archidona is a town in the province of Málaga in Andalusia, Spain, below a hill crowned by the remains of a Moorish fortress. Under the Nasrid Emirate of Granada it was an important frontier stronghold on the north-western approaches to Granada, and it fell to Castilian forces in 1462, the same year Gibraltar was lost. Its octagonal main square dates from the eighteenth century.

Archidona
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Archidona. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/archidona
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