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Cazaza was a Spanish enclave on the western coast of
Cazaza was a Spanish enclave on the western coast of Cape Three Forks
Cape Three Forks, Cape des Trois Fourches, or Cape Tres Forcas is a headland on the Mediterranean coast of northeastern Morocco.
Geography
The cape is a large mountainous promontory of North Africa into the Mediterranean Sea. For centuries, this ...
, in what is today Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
, around 18 km from Melilla
Melilla (, ; ) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was part of the Province of Málaga un ...
. It was here that the exiled Boabdil, last Emir of Granada, landed when he left the Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula ( ), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe. Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of peninsular Spain and Continental Portugal, comprisin ...
in 1492.
In 1505 Spanish forces based in Melilla led by Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philipp ...
took Cazaza from the Wattasid Kingdom of Fez. King Ferdinand granted him the title 'Marquess of Cazaza', which survives to this day. Although the noble title has endured, the Spanish lost control of Cazaza in 1533 because of the treachery of five of its garrison who betrayed it.
It was never rebuilt after the destruction when it was conquered. Its ruins are visible today.
See also
*European enclaves in North Africa before 1830
The European enclaves in North Africa (technically 'Enclave and exclave#Related constructs and terms, semi-enclaves') were towns, fortifications and trading posts on the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of western North Africa (sometimes called a ...
References
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