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Alcazaba

fort, Guadix, Spain
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  • Barrio de Santiago: cave dwellings
    Guadix

    Outstanding landmarks include the Moorish Alcazaba (fortress); the 18th-century Renaissance and Baroque cathedral built on the site of an old mosque; and the Barrio de Santiago, an adjacent locality famous for its inhabited caves excavated in the mountainsides. The economy is mainly agricultural, based chiefly on wheat, olives, flax, and…

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    Outstanding landmarks include the Moorish Alcazaba (fortress); the 18th-century Renaissance and Baroque cathedral built on the site of an old mosque; and the Barrio de Santiago, an adjacent locality famous for its inhabited caves excavated in the mountainsides. The economy is mainly agricultural, based chiefly on wheat, olives, flax, and…

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