Peña de los Enamorados
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Peña de los Enamorados is a mountain
near the city of Antequera
, Málaga Province
, Andalusia
, Spain
. It reaches a height of 880 metres above sea level
.
. The most well-known version of the legend says that two young Moorish
lovers from rival clans, a young man from Antequera and girl from nearby Archidona
, threw themselves from the rock while being pursued by the girl's father and his men. This romantic legend was later adapted by Robert Southey
. In his Laila and Manuel the lovers were a Muslim girl and her father's Christian slave.
This mountain is also popularly known as "Montaña del Indio" because it looks like the head of an Indian
when seen from certain angles.
Mountain
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near the city of Antequera
Antequera
Antequera is a city and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" because of its central location among Málaga, Granada, Córdoba, and Seville...
, Málaga Province
Málaga (province)
The Province of Málaga is located on the southern coast of Spain, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the South, and by the provinces of Cádiz, Sevilla, Córdoba and Granada.Its area is 7,308 km²...
, Andalusia
Andalusia
Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It reaches a height of 880 metres above sea level
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
.
Name
The mountain was named after a legend from the local oral traditionOral tradition
Oral tradition and oral lore is cultural material and traditions transmitted orally from one generation to another. The messages or testimony are verbally transmitted in speech or song and may take the form, for example, of folktales, sayings, ballads, songs, or chants...
. The most well-known version of the legend says that two young Moorish
Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus was the Arabic name given to a nation and territorial region also commonly referred to as Moorish Iberia. The name describes parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Septimania governed by Muslims , at various times in the period between 711 and 1492, although the territorial boundaries...
lovers from rival clans, a young man from Antequera and girl from nearby Archidona
Archidona
Archidona is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 50 kilometres from the city of Málaga and 20 from Antequera. It has a population of approximately 8,500 residents. The natives...
, threw themselves from the rock while being pursued by the girl's father and his men. This romantic legend was later adapted by Robert Southey
Robert Southey
Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843...
. In his Laila and Manuel the lovers were a Muslim girl and her father's Christian slave.
This mountain is also popularly known as "Montaña del Indio" because it looks like the head of an Indian
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
when seen from certain angles.