Location | Málaga |
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Region | Spain |
Coordinates | 36°40′19″N 4°27′49″W / 36.67194°N 4.46361°W |
Type | City |
History | |
Abandoned | 584 BC |
Periods | Ninth century BC |
Cultures | Ninth century BC, Phoenicia |
Site notes | |
Discovered | 1960 |
Archaeologists | María Eugenia Aubet (2003) |
Condition | BIC |
Ownership | City de Málaga |
Public access | Closed |
Cerro del Villar, located in the mouth of Guadalhorce river, southern Spain,[1] was a Phoenician city founded in the ninth century BC[2] or eighth century BC.[3] It was abandoned possibly in 584 BC.[4] Since 2003, there have not been any archeological excavations. Previous excavations were directed by María Eugenia Aubet.[5][6]
It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural on 9 June 1998.[7]