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Old Melilla
Old Melilla
Melilla la Vieja
Melilla, Spain
	File:Melilla La Vieja desde el mar.jpg Melilla la Vieja from the sea.
	Old Melilla
Coordinates	35°17′38″N 2°56′02″W / 35.294°N 2.934°W
Type	Fortress
Site information
Open to; the public	Yes
Condition	Well-preserved (partly reconstructed)
Site history
Built	16th and 17th centuries
Built by	Catholic Monarchs of Spain
Materials	Rammed earth
Battles/wars	Siege of Melilla (1774–1775)

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Melilla la Vieja ("Old Melilla") is the name of a large fortress which stands immediately to the north of the port in Melilla, one of Spain's Plazas de soberanía on the north African coast. Built during the 16th and 17th centuries, much of the fortress has been restored in recent years.

The fortress contains many of Melilla's most important historical sites, among them an archaeological museum, a military museum, the Church of the Conception, and a series of caves and tunnels, like Conventico Caves, in use since Phoenician times.

References

Hardy, P., Vorhees, M., and Edsall, H. (2005). Morocco. Footscray, VIC: Lonely Planet.

35°17′38″N 2°56′02″W / 35.294°N 2.934°W / 35.294; -2.934

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 '''Melilla la Vieja''' ("Old Melilla") is the name of a large fortress which stands immediately to the north of the port in [[Melilla]], one of [[Spain]]'s [[Plazas de soberanía]] on the north African coast. Built during the 16th and 17th centuries, much of the fortress has been restored in recent years.
-The fortress contains many of Melilla's most important historical sites, among them an archaeological museum, a military museum, the Church of the Conception, and a series of caves and tunnels, like [[Conventico Caves]], in use since [[Phoenicia]]n times.
+The fortress contains many of Melilla's most important historical sites, among them an [[Melilla Museum|archaeological museum]], a military museum, the Church of the Conception, and a series of caves and tunnels, like [[Conventico Caves]], in use since [[Phoenicia]]n times.
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