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Monte Benacantil

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Monte Benacantil in Alicante
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The 167m high Benacantil mountain is located in the east of Alicante.

Due to its location directly on the coast, the Castillo de Santa Bárbara was built on Monte Benacantil as early as the 9th century. The mountain and the castle are also associated with the legend of the mudflow face on the silhouette.

This says that the caliph gave two Muslims, Aly and Almanzor, each a task to decide who would ask for the hand of his only daughter. While Almanzor performed his task, Aly wrote poetry to the daughter and she fell in love with him. Nevertheless, the caliph decided that she should marry Almanzor, whereupon first Aly and then his daughter threw themselves from the mountaintop.

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Monte Benacantil

Coordinates

38.348445, -0.479606

DMS

38°20'54.4"N 0°28'46.6"W

UTM

30S 720249 4247483

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