Morocco and Spain maintain extensive diplomatic, commercial, and military ties. The Morocco–Spain border separates the plazas de soberanía on the Mediterranean coast from the Moroccan mainland. Morocc
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa XVII century painting in Las Huelgas Abbey.
The Peace of Wad-Ras, by Joaquín Domínguez Bécquer (1870).
French ambassador to Spain Léon Geoffray signs the French-Spanish treaty sealing the creation of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco (27 November 1912)
The fence between Ceuta and Morocco
The plazas de soberanía, meaning "strongholds of sovereignty", are a series of Spanish territories scattered along the Mediterranean coast bordering Morocco, or that are closer to Africa than Europe.
Aerial view of the Peñón de Alhucemas c. 1925
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, seen from the Moroccan coast, 2007. Its border with Morocco is 85 m (279 ft) long, making it the shortest international land border segment in the world.