Linda > 27-12-2020, 08:11 AM
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(27-12-2020, 08:11 AM)Linda Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]The nymphs are Malaga, Grenada, and Almeria, which stand for the regions or provinces to which their names apply.[/font]Almería under the Christians was always part of the old Kingdom of Granada, it wasn't a province until 1822; the following year it was dissolved and returned to Granada until a further political reform in around 1835. Although it was briefly an independent Moorish kingdom in the 1000's, it was captured by Christians for a few years and then Granada captured it. Almería was no more than a city for centuries.
Quote:Locals say that their ancestors told them that the name comes from Moorish times, when Caliph Mohammed Almanzor was returning with his troops from a sortie into the Levante. When he reached the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. of this river, he was warned by an old crone of its dangerous flash floods. Seeing the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. clouds gathering in the mountains, he wisely decided to traverse the river further downstream.It's dry most of the year, but known for its hellish flash floods.
On his way with his troops, he stopped at a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. fountain, famous for the purity of its waters, to slake his thirst. There he spotted a famous local beauty, a young Christian woman, filling her urns with You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. at the fountain.
Falling instantly in love with the young girl, he ordered his troops to seize her, announcing that she would be taken with him back to his palace in Córdoba.
But that evening, when the army stopped for the night, having crossed the dangerous riverbed and carried on their way towards Córdoba, locals from the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. who had followed the army managed to free the girl, and they fled back to their home. Followed by the furious army, they managed to cross the river, which at that moment was just starting to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. By the time the Moorish army reached the riverbank, the flood was well underway, and the Moorish troops refused to cross.
The great Caliph, impotent and in a fit of rage, sank to his knees and sobbed. At seeing their leader, who had won so many battles and was a great leader of men, reduced to tears by a river and a lost love, his men cried out ¡Almanzor llora! ¡Almanzor llora! (Almanzor, he cries!).
And from that moment on, the river was known by the wailing of his troops – Almanzora.
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*Via Professor Pedro Perales “El nombre del río Almanzora (leyenda popular)” & recounted in Axarquía (vol 15).
Linda > 18-01-2021, 01:34 PM
davidjackson > 18-01-2021, 06:23 PM
(18-01-2021, 01:34 PM)Linda Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I only know of Almeria what i read about itI live there
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