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- The answer is; towns with the suffix ‘de la frontera’, that translates to ‘of the frontier’.
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Morón de la Frontera, in the province of Seville, takes its name from a major garrison established after it had been conquered in 1240 by Fernando III, a base from which the Christian forces could harass the Moors.
Jun 10, 2018 · But the prize for the most charming ‘frontier’ town must go to Vejer de la Frontera, a vertiginous white village commanding views to the Atlantic. A maze of narrow streets and white houses, it...
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Conil de la Frontera The Muslims had taken over most of the Iberian peninsula in the 8th century. They called their country al-Andalus. For much of the following five hundred years, until the 13th century, Christian forces from the north had pushed the Muslim forces south. By 1248, al-Andalus was reduced to the present-day province of Granada, and ...
Jimena de la Frontera Terra Nullius was the place to go to make your fortune. Smugglers carried contraband from the Middle East, via the Emirate, into Christian territories. Both sides had goods to barter. Students made their way across the frontier to attend the university towns of Seville, Córdoba and Granada. Architects, scientists and doctors c...
Moron de la Frontera Most of the ‘de la frontera’ towns are, even today, small towns. Between the 13th and 15th centuries they would have been little more than villages. The exception is Jerez de la Frontera that, even in the 13th century was a sizeable and important place, famous for its horses and wine. The Muslims called the town ‘Sherish’ and e...
All the ‘de la frontera’ towns are on the western, north western and northern borders of the Emirate of Granada, so, what happened on the northeast and eastern borders? Here the geography is much different, the terrain is far more inhospitable, mountainous to the northeast and arid desert with mountains to the east. The Muslims defended this border...
The closest example of a ‘frontier town’ in those regions is Puerto Lumbreras, a Christian stronghold on the Murcia plain opposite the heavily defended Muslim occupied Huercal Overa in Almería province. Puerto Lumberas is over 30 kilometres from the sea and over 460 metres above sea level, so hardly a port. The name refers to its role as a gateway ...
Cádiz province: Arcos, Castellar, Chiclana, Conil, Jerez, Jimena, Vejer Córdoba province: Aguilar Huelva province: Palos, Rosal Málaga province: Cortes Seville province: Morón
Oct 22, 2021 · Jerez de la Frontera, Arcos de la Frontera, Vejer de la Frontera, Morón de la Frontera, and others all have the words “de la Frontera” attached to their names. Although these words translate to “on the border” in English, there is absolutely no border in sight.
Nov 19, 2021 · I’m currently travelling through Andalusia, and lots of place names end in “de la frontera”. I know, of course, that “frontera” means border, and I also know that it’s common in Spain to distinguish between different towns with the same name by attaching another component with “de”.
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Arcos de la Frontera (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈaɾkos ðe la fɾonˈteɾa]) is a town and municipality in the Sierra de Cádiz comarca, province of Cádiz, in Andalusia, Spain.
