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Cerro del Villar
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Cerro del Villar is located in Province of Málaga
Cerro del Villar
Location in Province of Málaga
Cerro del Villar is located in Andalusia
Cerro del Villar
Location in Andalusia
Cerro del Villar is located in Spain
Cerro del Villar
Location in Spain
Location Málaga
Region Spain
Coordinates 36°40′19″N 4°27′49″W / 36.67194°N 4.46361°W / 36.67194; -4.46361
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, was a Phoenician city founded in the ninth century BC or eighth century BC. It was abandoned possibly in 584 BC. Since 2003, there have not been any archeological excavations. Previous excavations were directed by María Eugenia Aubet.

It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural on 9 June 1998.

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