Ceuta
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Ceuta is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast.
Image: Vista de Ceuta y la península de Almina desde el mirador de Isabel II
Image: Ceuta fortifications
Image: Fachada del ayuntamiento (parte antigua)
Phoenician archeological site, dated to the 7th century BC, next to the Cathedral of Ceuta
Plazas de soberanía
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The plazas de soberanía are a series of Spanish overseas minor territories scattered along the Mediterranean coast bordering Morocco in Africa, or that are closer to Africa than Europe. This term is used for those territories that have been a part of Spain since the formation of the modern country (1492–1556), as opposed to African territories acquired by Spain during the 19th and early 20th centuries in the Scramble for Africa.
Aerial view of the Peñón de Alhucemas c. 1925
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, seen from the Moroccan coast, 2007