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IZNALLOZ IN THE HISTORYDAVID FDEZ. RIVAS 1º B
INTRODUCTIONIn this project I´m going to talk about the diferents periods of Iznalloz´s history. This
town was very important in the Middle Age and Prehistory
Prehistory: Cueva del Agua
In this place there were musterienses fields: culture or Mousterian technique is based on the use of stone tools in the Middle Paleolithic. There were printed
ceramic and a necropolis, too.
ANTIQUITY:
The Romans were in Iznalloz, called Acatucci. One of the most important vestiges we have of that time is El togado de Periate. A statue of the first
century that represent Claudius II
MIDDLE AGE:
Iznalloz was one of the Seven Villages of Granada, a barn of cereals that supplied
the capital.
MODERN TIME:
In the sixteenth century Diego de Siloé built the Church of Iznalloz. With this church, he practiced the construction and decoration of the Cathedral of
Granada.
CONTEMPORARY TIME:
In 1895 the first train arrives at Iznalloz, for this fact, people made a tunnel through all the town. So Iznalloz was known
as the first Spanish town with subway.
ACTUALITY…
Today, several attempts to improve Iznalloz have destroyed the area and disfigured the environment.