Monte Hacho

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Monte Hacho, with Ceuta harbour in the foreground. Fortaleza de Hacho can be seen at the top of the hill.

Monte Hacho is hill that overlooks Ceuta, one of Spain's enclaves on the north coast of Africa at 35°54′N, 5°17′W. It is 204m (669 ft) high. It is located on the Mediterranean coast opposite Gibraltar, and along with Gibraltar is claimed by some to be one of the Pillars of Hercules (the other candidate for the southern pillar being Jebel Musa.

Monte Hacho is located on a peninsula and topped by a fort, the Fortaleza de Hacho, which was first built by the Byzantines, before being added to by the Moroccans, Portuguese and Spanish. It is now occupied by the Spanish army. Monte Hacho also has a convent, Ermita de San Antonio, and a monument to Generalissimo Franco and the start of the Spanish Civil War in North Africa in 1936.

References

• Morocco, Lonely planet ISBN 1-74059-361-8
• peakbagger.com

External link

Images of Fortaleza de Hacho

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Monte_Hacho" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Hacho, used under the GNU Free Documentation License