Hidden beneath the Casa del Rey Moro on the edge of the Tajo Gorge, Ronda’s Water Mine is one of the city’s most remarkable examples of medieval Islamic engineering. Carved deep into the rock, the mine provided a vital water supply for the city and was heavily defended during a period of conflict in medieval Al-Andalus.
The Water Mine was built during the reign of Abomelic, ruler of Ronda, in the early 14th century. At the time, Ronda was an independent Islamic kingdom on the frontier between the Christian territories to the north and the emerging Nasrid Kingdom of Granada..
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