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La Virgen de Gracia Church
Archidona, Malaga Province - Spain

The Santuario de la Virgen de Gracia was once a nineth Century mosque. This area of the Sierra de Archidona became under Moorish rule in AD756 when settlements were built by Emir Abd Al-Rahman. After the Reconquest in the 15th...
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Attractions near La Virgen de Gracia Church
A selection of attractions close to La Virgen de Gracia Church:
La Virgen de Gracia Church  (< 1 Mile)
The Santuario de la Virgen de Gracia was once a nineth Century mosque. This area of the Sierra de Archidona became under Moorish rule in...
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Menga and Viera Dolmens  (15.7 Miles)
The Menga and Viera dolmens are enormous Megalithic tombs dating from about 2500 to 2000 BC. The funerary chambers are formed of huge stone slabs...
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Antequera Municipal Museum  (16.7 Miles)
Antequera Municipal Museum is housed in a 17th Century Renaissance palace and has some interesting archaeological displays. There are several good Roman mosaics. The most...
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Alcazaba of Antequera  (16.8 Miles)
The Alcazaba is the remains of a Moorish fortress on a hill above Santa Maria Church. Hedged gardens rise up the hill to the remains...
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Carmelitas Descalzas Convent  (16.8 Miles)
The Convento de las Carmelitas Descalzas houses a museum with interesting works of art. One of the best is of St Theresa of Avila, the...
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Iglesia del Carmen  (16.9 Miles)
The Iglesia del Carmen has a splendid Mudejar artesonado ceiling but the most outstanding feature of the church is the huge Baroque altarpiece. The wooden...
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Santa Maria la Mayor Colegiata  (16.9 Miles)
Below the gardens of the Alcazaba is the La Colegiata de la Santa Maria la Mayor, the finest church in Antequera. This splendid building dates...
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Museo del Anis  (18.4 Miles)
Rute is famous for its manufacture of aguardiente de anis which is an extremely potent aniseed flavoured liquer. The drink has been made in the...
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Dolmens of Sierra Martilla  (19.2 Miles)
Near Loja is an important archaeological site where people lived in prehistoric times. Archeologists have discovered the remains of a Megalithic settlement and several burial...
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Loja Alcazaba  (19.2 Miles)
The Alcazaba of Loja was built to serve as a military and an adminisrative centre in medieval times. The most splendid period of this place...
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El Torcal Natural Park  (21.9 Miles)
El Torcal Natural Park is a beautiful, impressive landscape of limestone which has been weathered by wind and rain into unusual scenery with strange rock...
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Fuente de la Piedra Lagoon  (23.6 Miles)
The Laguna de la Fuente de la Piedra is located near the village of the same name. At this large lake thousands of flamingos can...
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Fuente de Piedra Laguna  (23.9 Miles)
The Laguna de la Fuente de Piedra is a large lake visited by many birds. It is one of Europe`s most important breeding sites for...
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Sierra Nevada Ski Station  (27.4 Miles)
The Sierra Nevada mountain range usually has skiing conditions from Decenber to April or even later. There are over eighty marked downhill runs ranging from...
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Mulhacen  (27.4 Miles)
Mulhacen at 3479 metres is the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada. The mountain stands at the end of the Poqueira Valley and on its...
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El Moral Castle  (29.4 Miles)
Dating from medieval times, the El Moral Castle was originally a square fortress with a tower on each corner. It was later enlarged by the...
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Church of San Mateo  (29.5 Miles)
The Church of San Mateo dates from the 15th and 16th centuries when it was built in the Gothic and Renaissance styles by Jeronimo Hernandez...
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Santuario de la Victoria  (30.1 Miles)
The Santuario de la Victoria was founded by the Catholic Monarchs in 1487, and it was rebuilt two centuries later. One of the most interesting...
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Concepcion Botanical Gardens  (30.1 Miles)
The Concepcion Botanical Gardens were created over one hundred years ago and consist of plants collected from all over the world. The estate covers about...
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Gibralfaro Castle  (30.4 Miles)
Gibralfaro Castle dates from the 8th Century when it was built by the Moors. It was rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries and used...
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