Mount Benacantil
Mount Benacantil is a mount that dominates the urban part of Alicante, and is the characteristic image of the city. The mount name appears as Banu-l-Qatil in the work of Muslim geographer Al-Idrisi in the 12th century, but it is possible that this is an error of transcription because it does not make sense in Arabic.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 167 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Benacantil”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santa Bàrbara Castle and Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art.
Santa Bàrbara Castle
Photo: Helmlechner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santa Bàrbara Castle is a fortification in the center of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. It stands on Mount Benacantil bordering the sea, which gave it enormous strategic value since from it you can see the entire bay of Alicante and its land surroundings.
Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum
Photo: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art is a municipal museum in Alicante, Spain. It exhibits 20th-century and contemporary art. Created in 1976 thanks to Eusebio Sempere, and reopened in 2011 after a major renovation, the museum now consists of three permanent collections of about 800 art pieces.
Archaeological Museum of Alicante
Museum
Photo: Joanbanjo, Public domain.
The Archaeological Museum of Alicante is an archaeological museum in Alicante, Spain. The museum won the European Museum of the Year Award in 2004, a few years after significant expansion and reallocation to renovated buildings of the antique hospital of San Juan de Dios.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sangueta and Campoamor.
Mount Benacantil
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Alicante, Costa Blanca, Alicante, Valencian Community, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Benacantil from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Mount Benacantil” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Benacantil”
- Cebuano: “Monte Benacantil”
- Chinese: “貝納坎蒂爾山”
- Czech: “Benacantil”
- Dutch: “Mount Benacantil”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت بيناكانتيل”
- German: “Benacantil”
- Italian: “Benacantil”
- Japanese: “ベナカンティル山”
- Ladin: “Benacantil”
- Spanish: “Benacantil”
- Swedish: “Monte Benacantil”
- Venetian: “Benacantil”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Barrio Benalúa and Vista Hermosa de la Cruz.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ereta Park and Gravina Museum of Fine Arts.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Benacantil”. Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.