A Syrian Immigrant circa 755AD

This morning Mela, Don and I walked into town. We had a cortado at the Casablanca Hotel. Then we walked up to the cross on the point of land nearby. In spite of the cross, the person commemorated with a statue at the base of the point is a Syrian, Abderrahman 1, who was commonly known as The Immigrant. His family had ruled Syria for years but when they were overthrown, he had to flee and eventually made it to the coast of Almuñécar in 755AD. He stayed and spearheaded the creation of an independent Emirate ; he became the Emir.






















A quotation from Abderrahman 1:
Oh palm tree
You are like me
A stranger in the west
Remote from your homeland










The ubiquitous locks are here too