XV Mediterranean Games Almeria 2005
The idea of the Mediterranean Games was launched during the Summer Olympics in London in 1948 by Mohamed Taha PACHA, president of the Egyptian Olympic Committee and was immediately adopted by delegates from Mediterranean countries.
Organized on a four-year basis, like the Olympic Games, and despite the turbulence experienced here and there in the Mediterranean basin at various periods, the games took place regularly, reflecting the strong attachment to the Mediterranean and the common history that it symbolizes.
This is how the first games began in 1951, in Alexandria (Egypt). Followed by Barcelona in 1955, Beirut in 1959, Naples in 1963, Tunis in 1967, Izmir in 1971, Algiers in 1975, Split 1979, Casablanca 1983, Latakia in 1987, Athens in 1991, Agde in 1993, Bari in 1997 and Tunis in 2001 this year, the Mediterranean flame moves to Almeria, in the Andalusian province, where the XVth edition of the games will take place. This will last ten days during which more than 3,000 athletes will compete in 25 disciplines.
Almeria
Almeria is not only the closest Spanish city to Algeria, but it was also built by Moors from the Maghreb. Numerous remains testify to the Muslim presence in this city, notably Alcazaba de Almeria (the Casbah), built by Abderrahmane III, caliph of Cordoba, on the model of the casbahs of the Maghreb cities, the Puerta de Almedina, the main gate of the city, today renamed Puerta de Purchena, the Calle de Almedina (street of the medina), the main street of the Muslim era, as well as Aljibes, cisterns erected for public water supply and divided into three naves.
Organized on a four-year basis, like the Olympic Games, and despite the turbulence experienced here and there in the Mediterranean basin at various periods, the games took place regularly, reflecting the strong attachment to the Mediterranean and the common history that it symbolizes.
This is how the first games began in 1951, in Alexandria (Egypt). Followed by Barcelona in 1955, Beirut in 1959, Naples in 1963, Tunis in 1967, Izmir in 1971, Algiers in 1975, Split 1979, Casablanca 1983, Latakia in 1987, Athens in 1991, Agde in 1993, Bari in 1997 and Tunis in 2001 this year, the Mediterranean flame moves to Almeria, in the Andalusian province, where the XVth edition of the games will take place. This will last ten days during which more than 3,000 athletes will compete in 25 disciplines.
Almeria
Almeria is not only the closest Spanish city to Algeria, but it was also built by Moors from the Maghreb. Numerous remains testify to the Muslim presence in this city, notably Alcazaba de Almeria (the Casbah), built by Abderrahmane III, caliph of Cordoba, on the model of the casbahs of the Maghreb cities, the Puerta de Almedina, the main gate of the city, today renamed Puerta de Purchena, the Calle de Almedina (street of the medina), the main street of the Muslim era, as well as Aljibes, cisterns erected for public water supply and divided into three naves.