A quick trip from Murcia capital inland and you will arrive to the lunar landscape of Mula, a small partially farmed region once inhabited buy the Visigoths 400a.d. There still exist thermal baths with temperatures that reach 36º C. Though to be honest a twenty Euros an hour as you can see it's a bit limited.
The town is a treasure, painted medieval buildings topped with Islamic period 700a.d castles
There is history on top of history in a small town like this and there are many like this in Spain. The Iberian people, the Romans, the Visigoths, the Mores, then the Catholics that built on top of the lot. Many of Spain's cathedrals and build directly on top of the foundations of mosques one of the most curios of these is in Cordoba where the Mosque is complete but inside is dressed up with dark-wood and biblical adornments.
Moving out of Mula to the hills surrounding there are also Muslim palaces of course in ruins but there is a lot of treasure to be found.
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| the corner of the palace on top of a hill | |
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Amongst the stones and rubble, don't forget that the Mores were forced from Spain and what they left behind was mostly disregarded. Scratching around the hill you can find pottery fragments and shards from the, Roman and Islamic periods we even discovered a large horse tooth that dates from around the same time.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, if you are interested there are many interesting things out there. Here are a few photos.
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| tailor street (o mejor calle de-sastre) |
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| Berenjena fritas con miel - Aubergine chips with honey, delicious |
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| view across Mula towards the hill in distance |
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| medieval door |
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| the climb |
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| From the hill looking towards the town |
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| Islamic well without bottom at the top of the hill |
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| Not graves but storage rooms, again all at the top of the hill |
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