The Castle at Antequera...........

Here in Antequera there have  been fortifications of one sort or another since around 800 AD,  and a Castle in one form or another since 1400 AD.
What stands today is a single wall with towers at either end and one towards the centre. On the far side now stands the Colegiate Church of St Mary Major. Some 9 miles beyond the castle wall shown here, stands
Pena de los Enamorados. (The Lovers Rock).
The Legend of "Lovers Rock".
When Ibrahim was the ruler of the castle of Archidona, he had a beautiful Muslim daughter called Tagzona who was betrothed to the old chief of the Alhama fort. However Tagzona was actually in love with Hamlet (or Tello in other versions), a handsome young Christian man from the Abencerrajes family of nearby Antequera. Some versions relate that she had met him when visiting captured Christian soldiers in prison and she helped him escape from prison. They ran away together and were chased by Moorish soldiers to the top of the rock, where, rather than renounce their love or be captured, they chose to hurl themselves over the edge holding hands - together till the end.
This romantic fable was adapted by 18th century poet Robert Southney in his poem  Laila and Manuel about two lovers: a Muslim girl and her father's Christian slave.
The mountain is also known as "Montaña del Indio", due to its resemblance to the profile of a native Indian man's face.
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