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El desembarco de Tarif Abu Zara

Tarifa, Campo de Gibraltar, Cádiz

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El desembarco de Tarif Abu Zara

Historical milestone · Tarifa, Campo de Gibraltar, Cádiz

Image of Tarifa, not of the place itself.

In the year 710, the Berber chieftain Tarif Abu Zara landed at Isla de las Palomas, an event considered the founding episode behind the name of Tarifa and the prelude to the Muslim conquest of the peninsula.

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