Rock City in Spain
Setenil de las Bodegas, about 18 km away from Ronda in the province of Cadiz, has wedged itself between the cliffs eroded by the Rio Trejo river. The old houses especially are built under the cliff overhang and the newer ones against the hillside.
The name Setenil developed from the the Latin septem nihil – “seven times no” – which refers back to the period of the Christian reconquest, when Catholic kings tried to win back territory from the Moors, who had come from Africa and ruled the Iberian peninsula since 711. In Setenil’s case, only the seventh reconquest attempt was successful, in 1485, making the city one of the last bastions of the Moors until they were driven out of western Europe in 1492.
Rock City in Spain
Rock City in Spain
Rock City in Spain
Rock City in Spain
Rock City in Spain
Rock City in Spain
Rock City in Spain
Rock City in Spain
Rock City in Spain
Rock City in Spain
Rock City in Spain
