 Under the Moors the city of Elche moved from its Roman location 7 km away to its current location.The Moors further developed the irrigation system with the brackish water of the Vinalopó, which is basically the same as the one still in use for the palm orchards.The formal landscape of the palmeral that still exists today was created when the city was under Moorish control between the 7th and 10th century.