Tarifa, Spain - 13 Metal Print

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Tarifa, Spain - 13 by Andrea Mazzocchetti

The southernmost town in Europe was founded by the Romans in the 1st century.

Important archaeological remains have been found in the municipal area, such as Algarbes cemetery, the most inportant Bronze Age burial site in the province.

The Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians all settled on La Isla de las Palomas, but it was the arrival of the Romans that saw the first colonies of real importance here, with the appearance of settlements at Julia Traducta, -present-day Tarifa-, Mellaria and Baelo Claudia -on the beaches of Bolonia-.

Its name comes from Tarif Ibn Malluk, a Berber chief who accompanied Tarik ben Zayad, the Arab leader who defeated Don Rodrigo in the Battle of La Janda (711). Several centuries of Moslem occupation left their mark on the town.

The town was captured from the Moslems in 1292 by Sancho IV of Castile, known as the Brave. Sancho placed control of the town in the hands of Alon...

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