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Cartama information
The Romans later christened the village Cartima - fortifying the location
which - standing atop a rugged hill 427 metres in height,
provided a magnificent natural vantage point offering views
of part of the Guadalhorce Valley to the north. The Roman
town of Cartama was one of the most important in what's
now the province of Malaga, already enjoying official town
status in 195 B.C. Cartama was important during the Moslem
occupation, given the strategic nature of its location and
the fertility of the surrounding land. The Arabs renovated
and rebuilt the fortress, turning it into one of the finest
military bastions in the area. It was captured by troops
under the Catholic Monarchs in 1485. This conflict was immortalised
by the Mozarabic wood carvers responsible for the bas-reliefs
which adorn the choir of Toledo Cathedral, which can still
be seen today. Within the municipal boundary stands the
district of Casapalma, once the property of the Count of
Casapalma, until an 1811 decree saw it added to Cartama.
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