http://torrox.blogdrive.com/ Torrox Malaga Fri, 18 Mar 2005 03:30:03 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. Travel Destinations Vacation http://torrox.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:26:00 GMT Torrox Malaga The Phoenicians and Greeks carried out commercial activities along its 8 kilometres of coastline, but the it was Romans who founded an important factory-town at the mouth of the River Argentino, meaning "silver river” (on a site now known as Punta de Torrox or Faro de Torrox), which was dependent on the larger Caviclum -present-day Torrox-, a prosperous Roman city founded in the 1st century which underwent continuous growth, reaching its peak in the 4th and 5th centuries before being occupied by the Visigoths and, in the 8th century, the Arabs. In 755 Prince Omeya... (more) http://torrox.blogdrive.com/comments?id=1