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Country Property for sale in Andalucia>Costa del Sol>Malaga>Antequera
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A visit to this historical Andalucía town inland Costa del Sol is a journey almost 5,000 years back in time, beginning with the Bronze Age and the native Iberians. The timeline is there to be followed in this fascinating city's profusion of burial mounds, dolmens, Roman baths, a Moorish Castle, Gothic churches, and baroque bell towers.
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Investestment “Hot Spot”
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New International Airport: To be built within the next two years. Cheap flights to London and Birmingham. On the outskirts of Town.
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New High Speed Train: With direct link to the beaches, only 15 minutes away, and major cities as Cordoba, Sevilla, and Madrid.
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New Highways: Connecting all major cities, the beaches and Airports.
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Ski Resorts: Only 1 hour form the famous resorts of “Sierra Nevada” and the world heritage City of Granada.
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Golf Courses: Just open. One of the newest Golf Courses of Europe.
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Culture: In the middle of he highly developed cultural areas of Granada, Córdoba, Sevilla.
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Price: Prices 50% cheaper than other areas of Spain, and with a proven increase of 20% per year.
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Fuente de Piedra
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Laguna de Fuente de Piedra consists of a large lagoon, with brackish water. The lagoon is 2.5 kilometres wide and 6.5 kilometres long, with 15 kilometres of surrounds. It is the only lagoon with breeding Famingos situated inland in Europe. more...
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The first sighting of Antequera in the distance is that of a typical medieval town, with the spires of her many churches and the walls and towers of the great Moorish fortress silhouetted against the sky. For centuries this has been one of Andalucía's most fertile areas, and is currently a leading producer of asparagus, cereals and olives. In summer, its fields turn brilliant yellow with sunflowers. The town and valley are overlooked by an enormous crag of limestone, 880 metres high, called La Peña de los Enamorados, or "The Lovers' Leap".
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The name comes from a local legend about an impossible love affair between a young Christian man from Antequera and a beautiful Moorish girl from nearby Archidona, who were driven to the top of the cliff by the Moorish soldiers, where, rather than renounce their love, they chose to hurl themselves into the abyss.
One of Antequera's most impressive sights is its dolmens, located in a park to the west of the town, the most spectacular of which is the Cueva de la Menga. These megalithic mass tombs, made of huge slabs of rock, were created by the original Iberian people and date back 5,000 years. There are many such dolmens in Andalucía, but none as large as the Cueva de la Menga. When it was excavated in the nineteenth century, many hundreds of skeletons were found in its inner chamber.
Other fascinating monuments to be seen in the town are the recently excavated Roman baths, the magnificent Renaissance church of Santa María la Mayor Church, the Church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, the 19th century bullring, and the Arch of the Giants, built in 1585, which leads up to the 13th century Moorish castle.
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