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  Location in the Province of Málaga  Location in Andalusia  Location in Spain | |
| Location | Málaga |
|---|---|
| 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]
- ^ Sánchez Ruiz, Marcelino (25 July 1996). "Resolución de 14 de mayo de 1996, de la Dirección General de Bienes Culturales, de la Consejería de Cultura, por la que se incoa expediente de declaración de zona arqueológica, como bien de interés cultural, a favor del yacimiento denominado "El Cerro del Villar", situado en la desembocadura del río Guadalhorce, en Málaga". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (179): 23228–23230. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ Delgado Hervás, Ana (2008). "Cerro del Villar, de enclave comercial a periferia urbana: dinámicas coloniales en la bahía de Málaga entre los siglos VIII y VI a.C.". Contactes: Indígenes i fenicis a la Mediterrània occidental entre els segles VIII i VI ane (in Spanish). Universitat Pompeu Fabra. pp. 69–88. Retrieved 3 September 2019 – via Academia.edu.
- ^ Jiménez, Javier Martínez (2022), Greaves, Sofia; Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew (eds.), "Foundational grids and urban communities in the Iberian Peninsula in antiquity and the Middle Ages", Rome and the Colonial City, Rethinking the Grid, Oxbow Books, p. 244, ISBN 978-1-78925-780-9, retrieved 2022-12-06
- ^ Vázquez, Alfonso (15 February 2009). "Los orígenes de Málaga ya tienen una base histórica". La Opinión de Málaga (in Spanish). Prensa Ibérica. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ Griñán, Francisco (25 June 2017). "Los secretos enterrados del Cerro del Villar". Diario Sur (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ Cabezas, Eugenio (5 March 2006). "El Cerro del Villar cumple tres años sin excavaciones en su yacimiento fenicio". Diario Sur (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Cerro del Villar". Instituto Andaluz de Patrimonio Histórico (in Spanish). Consejería de Cultura y Patrimonio Histórico. Junta de Andalucía. Retrieved 3 September 2019.