Melilla la Vieja

Melilla los angeles Vieja is the call of a large fort which stands at once to the north of the port in Melilla, Spanish independent town placed at the north coast of Africa, sharing a border with Morocco, with an area of 12.3 km² 4.7 square mi. Melilla is one in all two completely inhabited Spanish cities in mainland Africa, the alternative being Ceuta. It become part of the Province of Malaga till 14 March 1995, while the city's Statute of Autonomy turned into handed. Melilla, like Ceuta, was a unfastened port before Spain joined the European Union.

In 2011, it had a populace of 78,476, made up of Catholics of Iberian foundation usually from Andalusia and Catalonia, ethnic Riffian Berbers and a small quantity of Sephardic Jews and Sindhi Hindus. Spanish and Riffian-Berber are the two maximum extensively spoken languages, with Spanish as the most effective reputable language one in all Spain's Plazas de soberania on the north African coast. Built throughout the 16^th and 17^th centuries, tons of the castle has been restored in current years. The fortress carries many of Melilla's most essential historic web sites, among them an archaeological museum, a navy museum, the Church of the Conception, and a chain of caves and tunnels in use due to the fact Phoenician instances.