Plazas de soberanía
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The plazas de soberanía, meaning "strongholds of sovereignty", are a series of Spanish territories scattered along the Mediterranean coast bordering Morocco, closer to Africa than to Europe. This term
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.
Melilla
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Melilla is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, on the Morocco–Spain border, adjacent to the Moroccan port town of Beni Ansar, a
Plazas de soberanía
…for Africa. Historically, a distinction was made between the so-called "major places of sovereignty", comprising the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, and the "minor places of sovereignty", referring to a number of uninhabited islands and a small peninsula along the coast. Now the term refers mainly…
Aterrizando en Melilla
Puerta de la Marina, Melilla
EDIFICIO DEL ANTIGÜA REDACCIÓN EL TELEGRAMA DEL RIF
Jewish woman in the Jewish quarter (1909)