The Intriguing Story of Medieval Caravaca de la Cruz
The famous Caravaca Cross is composed of a vertical arm and the defining two unequal length horizontal arms giving the…
History and Caravaca de la Cruz to the Romans
Caravaca de la Cruz (literally ‘Caravaca of the Cross’) is one of a number of delightful small towns in Northwest…
A history of Mazarrón to Modern Times
Coming to the 18th Century, we arrive at times of war (the War of Spanish Succession), when, during the earliest…
A history of Mazarrón in the 16th & 17th Centuries
By the middle of the 16th Century moves for Mazarrón to gain its independence from Lorca were strongly afoot with…
A history of Mazarrón from the Romans to the late Middle Ages
After the Romans, things appear to have dropped into a relatively quiet period – at least in terms of remains…
A history of Mazarrón from Prehistoric to Roman Times
Mazarrón is a relatively small town comprising several distinct areas. There is the Port of Mazarrón, in past times concentrating…