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Fuerte del Príncipe Alfonso

Spain · 19th century

Founded
c. 1850
Heritage status
bien de interés cultural
Location
Ceuta
Coordinates
35.878°, -5.34841°
Links
OpenStreetMap · Wikimedia Commons
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Fuerte del Príncipe Alfonso in Spain
Photo: MONUMENTA · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Fuerte del Príncipe Alfonso is one of the Neo-Medieval Forts of the 19th century built to secure the border line. It is situated in the Barrio del Príncipe of the Spanish city of Ceuta. It is a BIC.

Machine-translated from “Fuerte del Príncipe Alfonso” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Fuerte del Príncipe Alfonso ranks #8,387 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #439 of the 646 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1850, it is older than 8% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 782 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Algeciras, 29 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.

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