Guide of the town of Antequera in Málaga. You will learn about tehe Antequera's Museums, Descriptions, Churchs and cathedrals, hotels, Golfs and more.

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2. Why should we Visit Antequera?
Antequera, the ancient Roman Antikira is a chest that closes on itself to save a
heritage filled with jewels of diverse eras and epochs.

3. Starting from time immemorial in which men did not exist but was already formed
the spectacular Torcal, to the time that the first inhabitants of the region were
seeking divinity erecting dolmens that dot the city, passing by the Arabs who built
castles defense before some Christians Avengers, the citadel and an extraordinary
exaltation of the Christian religion, which is seen in the many churches and convents
of the city. In this Guide, I will take you through some of the unique sights of this
beautiful city.

4. The Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Maggiore Another interesting element of the city is
its beautiful churches, Antequera was one of the most important cities of the Arab

5. world in decay iberico taifas and its conquest was taken very seriously by the
Christian kings to the point of giving the guy nickname the king, the ruler Ferdinand
the Antequera.
After conquering the city experienced strong waves in
construction of churches and monasteries by different
religious orders and today is the city with the highest
density of religious monuments in Spain.
Among the various monuments, we must emphasize the
collegiate. The Collegiate Church of Santa Maria
Maggiore, dating from 1514 is a transitional work
between the late Gothic and Renaissance and Renaissance
first temple in Andalusia.
The Collegiate Church of San Sebastian was built only 35

6. years later in 1548 and is also is a conglomeration of styles as the remodeling that
has suffered so, the Renaissance façade Plateresque bell tower that was built after is
Baroque and interior was remodeled in last place is neoclassical.
Antequera's Churchs
Antequera was one of the most important religious cities of Spain and this is
reflected in almost every monastery had its clerical order in the city and some even
more. Among those that can be seen to this day can highlight up to 13 convents. In
which we highlight the best known, the Mother of God Convent Monteagudo
eighteenth century has an interesting interior style with great dynamism of light
curves thanks to its vaults and one of the most interesting baroque towers of the
city.
Also of note is the first convent of the city was the Royal Monastery of San Zoilo
gothic, declared National Monument and founded by the Catholic Monarchs in 1500

7. and now houses a library.
http://turismo.antequera.es/en/place/real-monasterio-de-san-zoilo/
It is also interesting to note the convent of the Magdalene(cupcake), the dream of a
hermit, a debtor in the sixteenth century, who was entrusted to the Virgin of the
Magdalene and that dream a church that eventually became one of the convents of
the most importants of the city. To this day it is possible to visit it inside because it
was renovated to a hotel.
http://turismo.antequera.es/en/place/real-monasterio-de-san-zoilo/

8. History Museum of Antequera.
Also of note is that the remains of the city's history are in the Municipal Museum of
Antequera.
The Museum is located in one of the most interesting buildings antequera Nájera
Palace, The stately mansion Slavic family, who built it in the first third of the
eighteenth century.

10. Here it is one of the best
archaeological objects found in Spain,
The Antequera Efebo dating from
Roman rule in the area in the first
century and a bronze statue called
"Antiocheia on Orontes" dating from
the second century.
museo-municipal

11. The karst park of the Torcal.

14. Let's start talking about one of the most impressive landscapes of Spain, a place that
looks like something out of another planet, I'm talking about the Torcal de
Antequera. El Torcal is one of the largest karst rock scenery in Europe, the natural
action of wind and water have characterized this area with rock formations that
make implausible and incredible imagination.
El Torcal is an outdoor museum of modern art, in which we highlight formations
have been named populamente and visits the place where you should look, the hat,
which is a big column with a superior piece very wide, so the die square holes and
others like binoculars, the coffin or chalice. Worth mentioning the figure of the
screw has a strange way of screw and that is the image of karst park.

15. Neolithic Dolmens in Antequera
Another elements that can not fail to recognize
are the interesting neolithic heritage of the area ,
the dolmens or tombs with more than 5500
years.
Foremost is the Dolmen of Menga, a space that
is at the entrance of Antequera from Malaga and
comprising a cover gallery almost rectangular
built by seven large stones that weigh about 180
tons.

16. He assumed an age of 4500 years in age copper. Other interesting dolmens are the
Dolmen de Viera, aligned with the winter solstice and the ancient dolmen Romeral
over 5800 years.
Antequera is one of the major tourist routes of Andalusia as Washington Irving
route, the route that the American writer, Washington Irving, as a modern Marco
Polo andalucia documented the eighteenth century to the English-speaking world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen_of_Menga

17. Golf in Antequera.
Not everything is going to be history, among the tourist attractions of the city we
highlight the golf courses that are available and a reference in the Spanish golfing
landscape.
I hope I have given enough reasons for that, if you're in Spain, you plantees one visit
to this beautiful city.

20. http://www.golfantequera.com/

21. Lodging in Antequera
We can enjoy differents Lodging in Antequera like those ones.
La Magdalena 5 stars hotel in
Antequera This is a historic
building in the emblematic city of
Antequera, is a sixteenth century
convent that after years of use it was
abandoned. However, it was
renovated in 2009 to offer one of the
best hotels in Andalusia, with a rating
of 5 stars.
La Magdalena 5 stars hotel in
Antequera

22. Hotel Antequera 4 Star Hotel with spa and many others advantages like a next golf course. Hotel
in Antequera

23. Hotel Toril A Small Hotel in the center of the town. Hotel toril in Antequera

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