It was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 b.c. and replaced by the Second Temple in 525 520 b.c.
The Second Temple was put up in about 525 b.c after Nebuchadnezzar destroyed it.
Romans, Visigoths, and Moors all squabbled over the strategically positioned town, which was sacked by Sir Francis Drake in 1588 and taken by Archduke Charles in 1707.