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Astride the neck of land between the Bay of Pollença and the even more expansive Bay of Alcúdia stands the ancient walled town of Alcúdia, first inhabited by the Phoenicians in the eighth century b.c.
Founded by the Phoenicians, Vélez sprawls around a historic center dominated by a Moorish alcazaba and two venerable churches: the late-Gothic Iglesia de San Juan Bautista and the Iglesia de Santa María (which incorporates a section of the town’s former mosque).
Prehistoric man dotted the island with his mysterious cone-shaped nuraghi houses and watchtowers before it was colonized by Cretans, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, and Romans.
The Carthaginians, a people related to the Phoenicians, came from North Africa and subsequently took over much of southern Spain, beginning with Cádiz in 501 b.c.
As Greek colonial power grew weak from Athens-Sparta rivalry back home and pressure from Phoenicians in Sicily, the vacuum was filled by an uppity confederation of Latin and Sabine tribes living on seven hills known collectively as Rome.