I had just associated Málaga with holiday resorts and
beaches with it being the capital of the Costa del Sol. It has however a very interesting historic
old town and there are also Moorish and Roman ruins.
The port area has may shops and restaurants. We found a lovely place to sit with a glass
of wine and enjoy the view.
Málaga is the birthplace of the famed painter Pablo
Picasso and has two museums in his honour.
I visited the Picasso Museum opened in 2003 which housed in the Buenavista
Palace built around an internal courtyard with twelve halls of permanent
exhibitions.
The basement of the Picasso Museum contains important
archaeological remains from several eras.
The Cathedral of Málaga is a Roman Catholic
church built in the Renaissance architectural tradition. It was constructed between 1528 and 1782 on
the site of a former Mosque. Locals affectionately call the cathedral “la
Manquita” (the one-armed woman) because it was never actually finished. To this
day, it is still missing one of its two bell towers.
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