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La destrucción de Algeciras por Muhammad V en 1379

Algeciras, Campo de Gibraltar, Cádiz

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La destrucción de Algeciras por Muhammad V en 1379

Historical milestone · Algeciras, Campo de Gibraltar, Cádiz

Image of Algeciras, not of the place itself.

In 1379 the Nasrid sultan of Granada Muhammad V ordered Algeciras completely razed to prevent the city, previously taken by the Castilians, from serving as a base for a future Christian reconquest.

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Photo: Romazur (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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