Here is the English translation, with the reference to Picasso removed to keep the focus strictly on the urban and architectural evolution:

Founded by the Phoenicians in the 8th century BC under the name Malaka, Malaga is one of the oldest cities in Europe and a strategic crossroads of the Mediterranean. It became a prosperous federated Roman municipality, celebrated for its garum industry and the theater still visible today, but it was the Islamic era that truly shaped its monumental profile. For nearly eight centuries, as Mālaqah, it flourished as a key port of the Kingdom of Granada, equipping itself with the imposing defensive system of the Alcazaba and the Gibralfaro Castle.

The historical turning point occurred on August 19, 1487, when the Catholic Monarchs conquered the city after a bloody siege, initiating a profound urban and religious transformation that led to the construction of the Cathedral. In the 19th century, Malaga experienced a second golden age as a pioneer of the Spanish Industrial Revolution, creating an eclectic urban fabric where Roman ruins, Moorish fortresses, and industrial architecture coexist in a unique harmony.