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Marbella, Spain
Seal
Location of Marbella
Municipality	Málaga
Government
- Mayor	María Ángeles Muñoz Uriol
Area
- Total	114.3 km² (44.1 sq mi)
- Land	114.3 km² (44.1 sq mi)
- Water	0.00 km² (0 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	124,332
- Density	1,088/km² (2,817.9/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website: www.marbella.es

Marbella is a city in Andalusia, Spain, by the Mediterranean, situated in the province of Málaga, beneath La Concha. In 2000 the city had 98,823 inhabitants, in 2004, 116,234. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... 1990s SEAT Marbella The SEAT Marbella is a badge-engineered Fiat Panda, produced by SEAT in Spain from 1986 until 1998. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 353 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1184 × 2010 pixel, file size: 948 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Marbella ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This is a list of municipalities in the province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. ... Málaga province The Province of Málaga (Spanish Provincia de Málaga) is located on the southern coast of Spain, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Although DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... For other uses, see Andalusia (disambiguation). ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Málaga province The Province of Málaga (Spanish Provincia de Málaga) is located on the southern coast of Spain, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

Marbella is an important beach resort of the Costa del Sol. The town is famous for being a playground for the super-famous and super-rich. Marbella is internationally recognised as a favourite destination for extremely wealthy tourists from Northern Europe, in particular the UK, Ireland and Germany. The area around Marbella is particularly popular with those who like Golf. The Costa del Sol is a region which comprises the coastal towns and communities in the Málaga province, along the Mediterranean coastline. ... This article is about the sport. ...

It is easy to reach other places, like Malaga and Algeciras, by bus. The area is also served by the A7 autovia, and the closest airport is at Malaga. Location of Málaga Municipality Government  - Mayor Francisco de la Torre Prados Area  - Total 385. ... Algeciras is a port city in the south of Spain, near the British colony/Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, slightly to the north from Tarifa, which is the southernmost town of the peninsular Spain and Europe (, ). Both cities are situated on the Strait of Gibraltar; Algeciras also faces the Mediterranean. ... Beginning La Jonquera End Algeciras Length 1. ...

History of Marbella

Archaeological excavations have been made in the mountains around Marbella, which point at human habitation in Paleolithic and Neolithic times. There are also remains of Phoenician and later Carthaginian settlements in the area of Rio Real. In Roman times, the city was called Salduba For other uses, see Carthage (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ...

During Islamic rule, Muslims built a castle in this city, and they surrounded it by walls. The name Marbella, which is derived from Marbil-la, dates from this Islamic era. In 1485, the Spaniards reconquered the city, and during the centuries that followed, the city grew. For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ...

In the 1940s, Marbella was a small village with only 900 inhabitants but this changed when Prince Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his heir Alfonso of Hohenlohe experienced a problem with their Rolls-Royce in the area. This first encounter with Marbella so impressed Alfonso that he decided to buy land commercially, marketing the area as a tourist destination. In 1954 he opened the Hotel Marbella Club; his son Alfonso had recently returned from California and the hotel was loosely based on the 'motel' style with lower pitched terracotta roofs among 23.000 trees. The Hotel was a hit with other noble European families and socialites who enjoyed the casual and discreet luxury. Jaime de Mora y Aragón, a Spanish socialite and brother to the queen Queen Fabiola was also a frequent vacationer. Prince Alfonso zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Madrid, Spain May 28, 1924 - Marbella, Spain December 21, 2003) was born in Madrid on May 28, 1924, son of Prince Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897-1968) and of his wife, Maria de la Piedad Iturbe y Scholtz, Marquesa de Belvis de las Navas... Rolls-Royce car may refer to vehicles produced by: Rolls-Royce Limited (1906-1973) Rolls-Royce Motors (1973-2003) Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (2003-present) // Rolls-Royce cars Rolls-Royce Limited vehicles 1904-1906 10 hp 1905-1905 15 hp 1905-1908 20 hp 1905-1906 30 hp 1905-1906... The wife of King Baudouin I of the Belgians (1930-1993), Doña Fabiola Fernanda María de las Victorias Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón was born at Madrid, Spain on June 11, 1928, the third daughter of Don Gonzalo Mora Fernández Riera del Olmo, Marquis of...

Street in Marbella, Spain 2005.

Sea side of Marbella

In 1974 the Prince Fahd arrived at the city after having broken the bank of the Casino of Montecarlo. Until his death in 2005 he was a frequent and profitable guest of Marbella, where his retinue of over thousand people spending petro-dollars was welcome, including the then-anonymous Osama bin Laden. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 720 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Marbella Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 720 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Marbella Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 2404 KB) Description: View of Marbella and the beach Place: Marbella Country: Spain Photographer: © Manuel González Olaechea y Franco Shot date : December, 31st , 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Marbella Metadata This file contains additional... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 2404 KB) Description: View of Marbella and the beach Place: Marbella Country: Spain Photographer: © Manuel González Olaechea y Franco Shot date : December, 31st , 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Marbella Metadata This file contains additional... King Fahd of Saudi Arabia King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz (born in Riyadh in 1923) is the king and prime minister of Saudi Arabia and leader of the House of Saud. ... Monte Carlo is a very wealthy section of the city-state of Monaco known for its casino, gambling, beaches, glamour, and sightings of famous people. ... A petrodollar is a dollar earned by a country through the sale of petroleum. ... Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: ‎; born March 10, 1957[1]), most often mentioned as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is a Saudi Arabian militant Islamist and is widely believed to be one of the founders of the organization called al-Qaeda. ...

In the Eighties, Marbella continued to be a destination for the jet set, with the most recognizable face being that of Gunilla von Bismarck. However, problems arose in 1987 when Melodie Nakachian, daughter of Local Billionaire Philanthropist and the Korean princess and singer Kimera was kidnapped, putting the city in the focus of the media. Categories: Move to Wiktionary | Stub ...

In 1991 the builder and president of Atlético Madrid, Jesús Gil y Gil was elected by wide majority for mayor of Marbella for his own party, the Independent Liberal Group (GIL in Spanish), promising to fight petty crime and the declining prestige associated with the region. Amongst other things, he used, as an international spokesman for the city, actor Sean Connery who later ended this relationship after his image was used for electoral purpose by Gil. Club Atlético de Madrid is a Spanish football club based in Madrid. ... Jesús Gil y Gil (March 11, 1933 – May 14, 2004) was a Spanish politician and businessman. ... GIL symbol Independent Liberal Group (in Spanish: Grupo Independiente Liberal) was a right-wing Spanish party. ... Gil can mean: Gil Island, one of several islands by that name Gil, a recurring character from The Simpsons Gil (Final Fantasy), the principal fictional currency in the Final Fantasy series Gilberto Gil, singer and songwriter, Minister of Culture of Brazil In the fictional Star Trek universe, Gil is a... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. ...

The city also experimented with extensive building activity under the administration of Gil, with critics stating that this construction was often performed without regard for the existing urban plan and thus new plans were stopped by the Andalusian government. Something of a maverick, Gil despised town-hall formalities instead ruling from his office at the Club Financiero. Criticism was levelled at Gil by the major parties of Spain (PSOE and People's Party) but this did not convince enough voters to oust him and Spanish celebrities continued to spend summers there. The Spanish Socialist Workers Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español or PSOE) is one of the main parties of Spain. ... The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular, PP) is the largest right-wing political party in Spain. ...

Additional criticism becried the presence of alleged criminals from the Russian mafia in the city. The Russian Mafia or Russkaya Mafiya, Red Mafia, Krasnaya Mafiya or Bratva (slang for brotherhood), is a name given to a broad group of organized criminals of various ethnicity which appeared in the former Soviet Union territories after its disintegration in 1991. ...

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This period brought an appraisal of the city but also investigations of corruption began. Eventually, Jesús Gil was forced to resign in 2002 after being jailed for diverting public funds for Atlético. He was succeeded by Julián Muñoz, a former waiter then well-known for being romantically engaged with singer Isabel Pantoja with more than one hundred trials for corruption hanging on. Muñoz was overthrown by his own party which elected as new mayor Marisol Yagüe, a former secretary. Muñoz and Gil took part in a scandalous debate on television where both accused each other of having robbed public funds. The situation exploded in March 2006, when Yagüe was also jailed when the city council was near bankruptcy. According to unsubstantiated testimony, Muñoz and Yagüe were puppets in the hands of Antonio Roca, a councilman who got the job after failing in private business and gathering substantial wealth while working as a public servant. While Yagüe was in jail, the city council was run by Tomás Reñones, a former Atlético Madrid football player, who ended up in jail as well. On April 8, 2006, the Spanish government decided to suspend the council, the first time such a course of action was taken in Spanish democracy [1]. Isabel Pantoja (María Isabel Pantoja Martín b. ... Tomás Reñones Grego (born 9 August 1960), usually called Tomas, is a former Spanish footballer. ...

Sights in and around Marbella

Salvador Dalí. Horse with rider, Marbella

• Olivia Valere (Upscale restaurant, bar and disco)
• Arabian wall
• Bonsai museum
• Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo
• Old city centre
• Playa de la Bajadilla (beach)
• Playa de Fontanilla (beach)
• Bernadette exposed in public
• Puerto Banús, a marina built by José Banús where Rolls-Royces and Ferraris meet yachts.
• The Golden Mile featuring the Marbella Club Hotel and its beach club, as well as the late King Fahad's palace.
• Encarnation's Church (Iglesia de la Encarnación) Oldest church in the city placed in the old-town

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Marbella in the media

Marbella as depicted in Syriana

Santiago Segura's Torrente comedy film series took its second part Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella (2001, the highest grossing Spanish film ever) to Marbella, where the repulsive cop José Luis Torrente meets the kitsch inhabitants of the city in an intrigue of international politics. Image File history File links Marbella1. ... Image File history File links Marbella1. ... Syriana is a 2005 Academy Award-winning geopolitical thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan. ... Santiago Segura Silva (born July 17, 1965) is a Spanish film actor, scriptwriter, producer and director. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...

Marbella was featured in the popular political thriller, "Syriana". It was used as the location for a private party which an Arabian Emir hosts. Marbella was portrayed as an extremely affluent city with most cars at the entrance of the palace being very expensive. In the same year it appeared in Steven Spielberg's "Munich" in a very similar context. Syriana is a 2005 Academy Award-winning geopolitical thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan. ... For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation). ... Entrance to the emirs palace in Bukhara. ... Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Munich is a 2005 drama film starring Eric Bana. ...

Sean Connery used to live in Marbella, near a golf course where he played daily when not filming. He left following disagreements with the local press, and now resides in the Bahamas where he plays golf much less frequently. He lent his image to the Marbella's townhall until Gil used it for political goals. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. ...

In 1981 English actress Joan Collins accepted her career making role in the hit prime time melodrama Dynasty while living in her Marbella vacation home. Joan Henrietta Collins OBE (born 23 May 1933) is a Golden Globe Award winning British actress and bestselling author. ...

English songwriter Richard Daniel Roman lives in Marbella. Richard Daniel Roman (born March 16, 1965) is a British songwriter and record producer best known for his work with major Latin Pop artists. ...

Actor Dolph Lundgren also resides in Marbella with his wife and two children. They also have a home in London. Dolph Lundgren (born Hans Lundgren, November 3, 1957[1]) is a Swedish actor, director and karateka. ...

Antonio Banderas is a regular visitor to Marbella where he has a house in Los Monteros. He and Melanie Griffith have a daughter who was born in Marbella in 1999. José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor and singer who has starred in high-profile Hollywood films including Assassins, Interview with the Vampire, Mariachi sequels, Philadelphia, The Mask of Zorro, and the Shrek sequels. ... Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957, in New York City) is an Academy Award-nominated American film actress. ...

In 2006, it was revealed that there would be an international advertisement advertising Marbella as a tourist destination. The song on the advert is aptly called Marbella and is performed by singer Cristie. // Biograhpy Cristina Sanchez born in Fuengirola on 31 May 1978 in the Province Malaga. ...

The Finnish 1985 comedy film Uuno Epsanjassa is situated in Marbella. Uuno Epsanjassa (Uuno in Spain) is a Finnish 1985 comedy film directed by Ere Kokkonen. ...

Many other movies and TV programmes such as Nip/Tuck portray it as a playground for the rich.

ITV aired a TV programme in spring 2007 called 'Marbella Belles' which portrays a series of British woman who now live in Marbella with their rich partners.

Mark Langford – the former, multi-millionaire boss of The Accident Group who notoriously sacked most of his 2,700 staff by text message – died after being involved in a car accident in Marbella on April 11, 2007 The Accident Group was a Manchester based personal injury claim firm that went bankrupt in May 2003. ... is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

External links

• The Marbella TownHall official page
• Marbella travel guide from Wikitravel

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