Cazaza
Cazaza was a Spanish enclave on the western coast of Cape Three Forks, in what is today Morocco, around 18 km from Melilla. It was here that the exiled Boabdil, last Emir of Granada, landed when he left the Iberian Peninsula in 1492.[1]
In 1505 Spanish forces based in Melilla led by
Kingdom of Fez.[2] King Ferdinand granted him the title 'Marquess of Cazaza', which survives to this day.[3] Although the noble title has endured, the Spanish lost control of Cazaza in 1533[4] because of the treachery of five of its garrison who betrayed it.[5]
It was never rebuilt after the destruction when it was conquered. Its ruins are visible today.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Vidal, Rafael (29 July 2011). "España y el Mediterráneo: Prolegómenos de la conquista de África en tiempos de los Reyes Católicos". Protecturi, Asociación para la Protección del Patrimonio Histórico. Protecturi. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-4422-7159-3.
- ^ Ferreiro, Miguel Angel (26 August 2016). "Medina Sidonia y la conquista de las tierras áridas". El Rete Historico. El Rete Historico. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Spain: March 1533, 1-15 | British History Online".
- ^ Gutierrez Cruz, Rafael (2013), "EL SOCORRO DE MELILLA DE 1535: DOCUMENTOS PARA SU ESTUDIO" (PDF), Baetica: Estudios de Arte, Geografia e Historia, 35: 218
- ISSN 1133-8571.
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