Almunecar, Costa Tropical, Granada Province, Andalusia, southern Spain. The Castle of Saint Michael - Castillo de San Miguel - rising above the old s

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Almunecar, Costa Tropical, Granada Province, Andalusia, southern Spain. The Castle of Saint Michael - Castillo de San Miguel - rising above the old section behind Playa de la Caletilla - Caletilla beach. The hill it is built upon was originally fortified as early as the 1st century After successive occupations including by Phoencians and Romans, the castle took its present form under the Moors. During the Peninsuar War French troops occupied the castle which was subsequently shelled by a British warship on May 27, 1812.

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