El fin de la fortaleza de Carlos I Historical milestone · Almuñécar, Costa Granadina, Granada Image of Almuñécar, not of the place itself. The 1569 Morisco rebellion had Abén Aboo among its leaders; in 1812, during the Peninsular War, English troops destroyed the fortress that Charles I had built in the city. 1812 Photo: Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (Qoan) (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Almuñécar