Iznalloz and its history

1. IZNALLOZ IN THE
HISTORY DAVID FDEZ. RIVAS 1º B

2. INTRODUCTION
In 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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. MIDDLE AGE:
Iznalloz was one of the
Seven Villages of Granada, a
barn of cereals that supplied
the capital.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. ACTUALITY…
Today, several attempts to improve Iznalloz have
destroyed the area and disfigured the environment.