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El asedio vikingo de Algeciras

Algeciras, Campo de Gibraltar, Cádiz

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El asedio vikingo de Algeciras

Historical milestone · Algeciras, Campo de Gibraltar, Cádiz

Image of Algeciras, not of the place itself.

In the year 859, a Viking expedition led by the chieftains Hasting and Björn Ragnarsson besieged Algeciras for three days, one of the documented episodes of Norman raids on the Andalusian coast.

año 859

Photo: S.S.2016 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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