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Malaga´s Botanical Gardens - La Concepción

Málaga´s Botanical Gardens in La Concepción are located 8km north of Málaga city. As you start climbing away from the coast heading towards Córdoba/Granada it´s possible to see a green and white-tiled dome roof of La Concepcion´s famous mirador glinting under the Mediterranean sunshine. Pond in Malaga´s Botanical Gardens The gardens and house were built in 1855 when two wealthy, local families united through the marriage of Amalia de Heredia Livermore and Jorge Enrique Loring Oyarzabal which meant the joining of several small estates into one larger estate. They created wonderful gardens around their house, buying and ordering plants and trees from around the world. Their love of plants was, unbeknownst to them, the beginning of Malaga´s Botanical Gardens as we know it today, It has become a gorgeous oasis of nature over the 23hectares that is now the visitable Botanical Gardens site. House in Malaga´s Botanical Gardens   Another wealthy family took over the gardens in 1911 and enl...

Monday Morning Photo - Forteleza de La Mota, Alcala la Real

Fortress or Forteleza de la Mota in Alcala la Real is the last point on the Ruta de Catillos y Batallas - the Castles and Battles Route.

The route runs north to south through Jaen province covering 19 fortifications in varying states of repair. Forteleza de la Mota is one of the most complete fortresses on the route because the Catholic Kings forced a surrender rather than the normal and destructive battles that ensued.




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See the enormous castle in Baños de la Encina which is also on the Castles & Battles Route.

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