Malaka
It has not yet been precisely determined when the Phoenicians reached the Spanish shores. The Phoenician stage lacks documentation, despite the fact that so far the findings have been very significant. In the case of the Andalusian coast where Malaga is located today, the colonization process and the founding of the city lasted around 200 years , according to the Head of the Department of Dissemination of the Museum of Malaga, Eduardo García.
There are different versions about the founding of Malaka . The article Malaka and the Phoenician cities in the western Mediterranean. 6th centuries BC - 1st AD (2002) points out that there are those who affirm that it is due to the abandonment of settlements such as El Cerro del Villar (displacement) while others maintain that it is thanks to the growth of a nucleus located on the left bank of the Guadalmedina (expansion). What is certain is that the bay of Malaga was already populated between the 9th and 7th centuries BC by the Phoenicians:
Phoenician settlement in the bay of Malaga. Source: Eduardo García.
Phoenician Malaga (named Malaka ) settled on the left bank of the Guadalmedina and stretched from the Alcazaba to the Cathedral, dominated by two hills, as can be seen in the following map:
Map of Phoenician Malaga. Source: Eduardo García.
The article The construction of the Muslim wall of Malaga, a milestone in the history of the city (2003) intuits the layout of the Phoenician wall: "Starting from a still undetermined point of the Alcazaba mountain, it will come from the edge of The hill on which the Augustinian convent is located and more or less parallel to Calle Santiago will make a turn onto Calle de San Agustín in the direction of Císter, and perhaps wrapping around the promontory of the Cathedral it would return again towards the slope of the Alcazaba, perhaps approaching the sea in a port area under the Puerta Oscura gardens ".
Image of one of the Phoenician towers that appeared in the basement of the Buenavista Palace, Picasso Museum. Source: Article The construction of the Muslim wall of Malaga, a milestone in the history of the city (2003).