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420  SOUTHERN SP AIN

Southern Spain at a Glance

The autonomous region of Andalucía dominates
southern Spain, its landscape ranging from the deserts
of Almería in the east, to the wetlands of Doñana
National Park in the west; and from the snowcapped
peaks of the Sierra Nevada to the beaches of the Costa
del Sol. Three inland cities between them share the
greatest of Spain’s Moorish monuments: Granada,
Córdoba and Seville, the capital, which stands on the
banks of the Río Guadalquivir. Andalucía has many Córdoba’s Mezquita (see pp486–7)
other historic towns as well as attractive, whitewashed has a remarkable forest of arches in its
villages, important nature reserves and the sherry- interior and an exquisitely decorated
producing vineyards around Jerez de la Frontera. mihrab (prayer niche) facing Mecca.

Villanueva
del Arzobispo
Linares
Úbeda
Montoro Baeza
Córdoba
Jaén Huéscar
Vélez Rubio
Seville (see pp430–63) is dotted Alcaudete
with evidence of its Moorish Seville Écija Baza
heri tage. The cathedral’s bell
tower was built as a minaret in Alcala de Guadaira Estepa Guadix
1198 and exten ded to include a Huelva
belfry in the 16th century.
Utrera ANDALUCÍA Granada
(see pp464–505) Loja Mojácar
Tabernas
Antequera
Olvera
Ronda Almeriá
Jerez de la Málaga Motril Adra
Frontera
Cádiz
Medina
Sidonia Marbella

Algeciras Gibraltar

The Parque Nacional de Puente Nuevo
Doñana (see pp470–71), a large
wetland protected area, is home 0 kilometres 50
to a vast array of wildlife including 0 miles 25
lynxes, flamingoes, eagles, deer
and wild cattle.
Beautiful azulejos, Moorish ceramic tiles, at the Real Alcázar, Seville

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