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unusual facts about Algeciras



A48

Autovía A-48, a motorway under construction connecting Cadiz and Algeciras, Spain.

Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq

No sooner was this done, that the attention of the Muslim parties turned towards Marinid Algeciras which Alfonso X had decided to take for himself.

Algeciras Conference

The final Act of the conference of Algeciras, signed on April 7, 1906, covered the organisation of Morocco's police and customs, regulations concerning the repression of the smuggling of armaments, and concessions to the European bankers from a newly formed State Bank of Morocco, issuing banknotes backed by gold, with a 40-year term.

Campo de Gibraltar

Following the capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch troops in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession and its subsequent cession, in 1713, to Great Britain, the former inhabitants of Gibraltar settled down permanently and the first villages were created: Algeciras, San Roque, and Los Barrios, still for many years officially termed the municipality of Gibraltar.

First Carlist War

In the south, the Carlist general Miguel Gómez Damas attempted to establish a strong position there for the Carlists, and he left Ronda on November 18, 1836, entering Algeciras on November 22.

Francisco Javier Amado Gutiérrez

Francisco 'Fran' Javier Amado Gutiérrez (born 1 June 1984 in Algeciras, Bay of Gibraltar, Andalusia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Conil CF as a striker.

Great Continental Railway Journeys

To avoid Spanish sensitivities the line was built concluding in Algeciras which was then a small town on the opposite side of the Bay of Gibraltar, rather than at the Gibraltar border.

Production of a second series of 6 episodes included filming in Spain and Gibraltar during May and June 2013 following the Ronda-Algeciras railway line, built by British interests under the 'Gibraltar Railway Company' for the benefit of British Officers stationed in Gibraltar wanting to travel into Spain and inland.

Juan Romero de Figueroa

The priest remitted the statue's leftovers to neighbouring Algeciras, where it was repaired and placed in a small chapel dedicated to St. Bernard, which was later renamed to the Chapel of Our Lady of Europe.


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