The Plaza de los Naranjos is a
plaza in the old town of
Marbella,
Spain. The plaza dates from 1485, after the Christian conquest of the city from
The Moors
The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages.
Moors are not a distinct or s ...
; the area was created to be the urban hub of the city.
["Plaza de los Naranjos"]
''Marbella Town Hall Website'' The plaza is framed by typical white Andalusian houses and three historic buildings: the
Casa Consistorial, the
Casa del Corregidor and the
Ermita de Santiago. In the center of the plaza, there is a Renaissance fountain surrounded by orange trees, planted in 1941, from which the square now takes its name.
References
Plazas in Spain
Buildings and structures in Marbella
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