🏛️ Malaca-Anticaria
Roman port city ruins in Málaga, Andalusia
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Málaga, Andalusia, southern Spain
- Period: Phoenician settlement (8th century BCE) through Roman era (1st–5th centuries CE)
- Status: Archaeological remains integrated into urban landscape; some visible in museums and excavations
- Access: Scattered sites including the Alcazaba fortress grounds and Málaga Cathedral area
Malaca-Anticaria represents the layered urban archaeology of modern Málaga, encompassing Phoenician, Greek, and Roman occupation spanning nearly a millennium. The site was a significant Mediterranean trading port under Roman rule, known for the production and export of salted fish and garum. Today, substantial physical remains exist only in fragmentary form, as the ancient city lies beneath the modern metropolitan area of Málaga ...