Sohail Castle
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Sohail Castle is a castle in Fuengirola
, Spain.
It was built in 956 by Abd-ar-Rahman III
on the ruins of a Greco-Roman settlement to strengthen the coastal defenses.
Fuengirola
Fuengirola, in ancient times known as Suel and then Suhayl, is a large town and municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga, autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is a major tourist resort, with more than 8 km of beaches, and home to a mediæval Moorish fortress...
, Spain.
It was built in 956 by Abd-ar-Rahman III
Abd-ar-Rahman III
Abd-ar-Rahman III was the Emir and Caliph of Córdoba of the Ummayad dynasty in al-Andalus. Called al-Nasir li-Din Allah , he ascended the throne in his early 20s, and reigned for half a century as the most powerful prince of Iberia...
on the ruins of a Greco-Roman settlement to strengthen the coastal defenses.
External links
- Castillo Sohail, Ayuntamiento de Fuengirola (Spanish)
- Castillo Sohail (Spanish)