⛰️ Mount Benacantil

Mount Benacantil is a mount that dominates the urban part of Alicante, and is the characteristic image of the city. The mount name appears as Banu-l-Qatil in the work of Muslim geographer Al-Idrisi in the 12th century, but it is possible that this is an error of transcription because it does not make sense in Arabic. Compared with other names in the Valencian Community, the mount name is more likely to be derived from the word benna, an Arabic transcription of pinna, which is "rock" in Latin; combined with the adjective laqanti, which comes from Laqant, the Arabic name of the city. Therefore, a half Roman, half Arabic toponym, Benna Laqanti.