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Bentomiz Castle

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The castle site is thought to have been occupied by the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans, although it is not clear which parts of the ruins date to which period. Roman baths have been found there. The berbers built on the existing structure. The fortress, then called Munt Mās, was mentioned in the
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brought a force to oppose them which he stationed around the Bentomiz castle. The Moors attacked the Christian siege train during the night of 25 April 1487 but were repulsed, and in panic retreated towards
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The Tibyan: Memoirs of Abd Allah b. Buluggin, Last Zirid Amir of Granada. Translated from the Emended Arabic Text and Provided with Introduction, Notes and Comments
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in the eleventh century. He described it as a formidable stronghold. The fortress surrendered to him during a civil war that he fought with his brother Tamim.
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in 1487 and maintained as a defensive post. The castle is now ruined, but there are still towers, walls and underground chambers.
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reached the area en route to Vélez-Málaga, in the campaign that culminated in the
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Castle of Bentomiz

36°48′15″N 4°02′38″W / 36.804028°N 4.043956°W / 36.804028; -4.043956
Moorish
Arenas
province of Málaga
Vélez-Málaga
Abdallah ibn Buluggin
Taifa of Granada
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Siege of Málaga (1487)
El Zagal
Granada
Catholic Monarchs
Ibn Buluggīn & Tibi 1986


Arenas - Visit Costa del Sol
Ibn Buluggīn & Tibi 1986
Ibn Buluggīn & Tibi 1986
Irving 1835
Nicolle 1998
Arenas - Absolute Axarquia
"Arenas"
"Arenas"
The Tibyan: Memoirs of Abd Allah b. Buluggin, Last Zirid Amir of Granada. Translated from the Emended Arabic Text and Provided with Introduction, Notes and Comments
ISBN
978-90-04-07669-3
Granada 1481-92
ISBN

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