A ''peñón'' (, "rock",
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''peñones'') is a term for certain offshore rocky island forts established by the
Spanish Empire (especially in
Africa). Several are still part of the ''
plazas de soberanía
The ''plazas de soberanía'' (, lit. "strongholds of sovereignty") is a term describing a series of Spanish overseas minor territories scattered along the Mediterranean coast bordering Morocco or that are closer to Africa than Europe. This term ...
'' ("places of sovereignty") of Spain in Northern Africa.
Quick facts
A peñón is as a mountain surrounded by water, usually by the sea. Among the most famous is the
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
(; ) is a Spanish exclave and rocky tied island, in the western Mediterranean Sea, connected to the Moroccan shore by a sandy isthmus. It is also connected to a smaller islet to the east, La Isleta, by a rocky isthmus. The tied island was name ...
, off the coast of
Morocco, still a Spanish territory to this day. There is also the
Peñón de Alhucemas nearby. The
Peñón of Algiers (''Peñón de Argel'') was established in 1510, when the Spaniards settled on a small island in front of
Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
(modern
Algeria), and forced the local ruler
Sālim al-Tūmī (Selim-bin-Teumi) to accept their presence through a treaty and pay tribute.
List of ''peñones''
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Peñón de Calpe
A ''peñón'' (, "rock", pl. ''peñones'') is a term for certain offshore rocky island forts established by the Spanish Empire (especially in Africa). Several are still part of the ''plazas de soberanía'' ("places of sovereignty") of Spain in N ...
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Peñón de Alhucemas
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Peñón de Argel
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Peñón de Gibraltar (Rock of Gibraltar)
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Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
(; ) is a Spanish exclave and rocky tied island, in the western Mediterranean Sea, connected to the Moroccan shore by a sandy isthmus. It is also connected to a smaller islet to the east, La Isleta, by a rocky isthmus. The tied island was name ...
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