Peñíscola - places of interest

The city of Peñíscola (emphasis on the letter I!) is famous for an ancient fortress located on a peninsula, which is a rock rising from the sea, connected to the shore by a sand spit. Hence the name, from the Latin peninsula - "peninsula". A fortified trading post was founded here by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC, they were replaced by the Carthaginians, then the Romans. In the 5th century, the peninsula was ruled by the Byzantine Empire, which was replaced two centuries later by the Arabs, who built a fortress here and named it Banaskula. The heyday of Peniscola began in the 14th century, when the Knights Templar built a fortress here, which became one of the most impregnable on the Mediterranean Sea.

Sunrise on North beach

The Northern beach (Playa Norte) stretches for 4 kilometers, to the town of Benicarlo, and is marked with a blue flag - the highest sign of cleanliness (read more )

.Южный пляж начинается от причалов рыбного порта. У главных ворот порта установлен монумент рыбакам, не вернувшимся домой после сильнейшего шторма, разыгравшегося 2 февраля 1911 года. Стихия охватила побережье от Аликанте до Салоу и стала причиной крушения сотен рыбачьих лодок. Порт Пеньисколы тогда недосчитался 8 судов, 27 рыбаков пропали в пучине. В этот трагический день жители города традиционно воздают почести погибшим, а на столетие трагедии был открыт памятник.

.Bateria Santa Ana.

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