Plaza de las Flores en una imagen histórica del archivo municipal

Urban memory

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The streets that hold memory

Plaza de las Flores had at least six different names. Beneath Casa del Aljibe lies a cistern of Muslim origin. Local chronicle places a pine wood on the site of the Church of Los Remedios around 1400. Calle Murillo is named after a doctor imprisoned in Algiers. The historic centre of Estepona is a palimpsest: every visible layer conceals another beneath it.

14th–20th century5 min read

Nombres de la Plaza de las Flores

Al menos seis según el poder político

Aljibe musulmán

Sin datar, bajo la Casa del Aljibe

El pinar de los Remedios

Según la crónica local: pinar h. 1400; iglesia a finales del s. XVIII

Calle Murillo

Médico cautivo en Argel durante 13 años

Ermita del Calvario

Construida h. 1818 como lazareto

The historic centre of Estepona preserves memory in its squares, streets, houses and churches. Plaza de las Flores had at least six different names depending on the political power of each era. A cistern of Muslim origin survives intact beneath Casa del Aljibe. The Church of Los Remedios stands on the site of a 1400-era forest. Calle Murillo is named after a doctor held captive in Algiers for thirteen years.

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