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Known locally as La Manquita, the one-armed lady, Malaga's Renaissance cathedral is famous for the tower it never had. Only the north tower was completed; the southern one was left as a stump, giving the building its lopsided silhouette and its affectionate nickname. The cathedral was begun in 1528 on the site of the city's former main mosque, after Malaga came under Christian rule, and construction continued for more than two centuries. Work was eventually halted in 1782 with the south tower s...