This is an archaeological site just 30 minutes from Rota. The site dates back 2800 years including a time where the Phoenicians lived there. The Phoenicians were powerful from 1200 BC to 332 BC when Alexander the Great defeated the Phoenician capital city of Tyre. The Phoenicians are known for sailing and being excellent craftsmen. Most notable, a rare purple dye extracted from the Murex snail and their 22-letter alphabet which formed the beginnings of our modern alphabet. The main feature of the site is the Tower of Dina Blanca which claims to be the place where King Pedro I (Pedro the Cruel) imprisoned his wife, Dona Blanca de Borbon. Within the uncovered ruins (using our rudimentary Spanish to read the signs) the structures included a bakery oven and some sort of wine making area. Also on the site was a cemetery space and we saw what looks like a well. Hopefully the well is not getting dead body runoff! Much of the site is still underground and it would be so cool to see a reconstruction of all the structures. The site is relatively small as it only took us 45 minutes to talk around the while site. It was close and free, so an excellent little trip out!
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