The Marinid Walls of Ceuta (Spanish: Murallas Merínidas de Ceuta) are a set of walls and towers located in Ceuta, Spain. They were constructed in the 13th century during the Berber Marinid dynasty's domination of the region. The walls were declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1985.
They were used as a citadel, shelter for troops that were forced to spend the night outside the medieval city. Of the original 1,500 meters of primitive construction, today only remains the western flank, with about 500 meters, several bastions and two twin towers that frame the so-called Puerta de Fez.

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The Royal Walls of Ceuta (Spanish: Murallas Reales de Ceuta) are a line of fortification in Ceuta, an autonomous Spanish city in north Africa. The walls date to 962 in its oldest part and the most modern parts to the 18th century. They remain largely intact, with the exception of some outworks, and are listed as a Spanish Property of Cultural Interest.
History
Ceuta had been a naval base since Carthaginian and Roman times, and had some form of fortification since at least the 5th century. The city was captured by the Portuguese during the Conquest of Ceuta in 1415, who began to strengthen the defences in the 1540s by building the Royal Walls including bastions, a navigable moat and a drawbridge. Some of these bastions are still standing, like the bastions of Coraza Alta, Bandera and Mallorquines.
n 1669, Ceuta became part of the Kingdom of Spain following the dissolution of the Iberian Union. The walls at the southern end of the city were severely damaged in a storm in 1674, but were quickly repaired. Some outworks were subsequently added to reinforce the Royal Walls.
The Royal Walls played a significant role in the Sieges of Ceuta, which began in 1694. Whenever there was an interval in the fighting, the Spanish added more outworks. The siege was broken in 1720 after the arrival of a relief force, and the outworks were completely rebuilt at this stage. Ceuta was besieged again in 1721, but by now the fortifications were much stronger and the last Moorish attempt to take the city ended in 1734.
Further modifications to the fortifications were made in the 1730s. Another Moorish siege occurred between 1790 and 1791, but the attack was repelled. During the Napoleonic Wars, the city was garrisoned by British troops allied with Spain. The walls were eventually decommissioned when they became obsolete in the 19th century.
1998 25-peseta coin featuring the Royal Walls
Parts of the walls, especially the outworks, were demolished to make way for urban development. However, the Royal Walls, their ditch, and the first line of outworks remain intact, and have been restored in recent years. On 3 July 1985 they were declared a Spanish heritage site. The walls were one of 100 candidates for the 12 Treasures of Spain in 2007 and the only one of those in Ceuta. Parts of the walls are open to the public.
Layout
The Royal Walls are a land front running across the isthmus separating Ceuta from the rest of North Africa. The walls consist of two large bastions at each end of the wall, which are called Baluarte de la Coraza and Baluarte de la Bandera, and a smaller bastion at the north flank. They are protected by a ditch filled with seawater. Batteries were also built on breakwaters at either side of the walls.
The walls were surrounded by a number of outworks, consisting of hornworks, ravelins and counterguards. Today, the first line of outworks remains intact, but other parts were demolished over the years.
The east end of Ceuta was also fortified with two small bastions.

Royal Walls of Ceuta

La Fortaleza del Monte Hacho es una fortaleza situada en el Monte Hacho de Ceuta.
Historia
Su primera construcción se cree es de origen bizantino, se fue consolidada en la época de los omeyas y los portugueses la conservaron.
Sin embargo, su construcción actual fue edificada por los españoles en el siglos XVIII.
Descripción
Esta compuesto por un conjunto de torres, baluartes y lienzos de muralla entre ellos que lo cercan: el Baluarte de la Tenaza y su Pastel, la Puerta de Ceuta, los baluartes San Amaro, San Antonio, Málaga, la Puerta de Málaga, con su cuerpo de guardia, el Baluarte de Fuentecubierta y la Ceuta.
En su interior se encuentra la Casa del Vigía, el Cuartel-presidio, con un aljibe, un barracón y otras edificaciones menores.

Fortaleza del Monte Hacho

The Fort of Desnarigado is a fort, converted into a museum, located on the coastline of the southern front of Mount Hacho, in Ceuta. The construction was carried out in the 19th century, although previously there had been other structures such as the same military character in that location. Its name comes from a Berber slave escaped from the mines of the Rif who had his nose amputated during his captivity. The Desnarigado escaped with other slaves and reached the Portuguese Ceuta. They disembarked on a small beach, which also gets its name, and settled on a small mound that would constitute the den to which they returned after carrying out piracy activities in the Strait of Gibraltar. At the end of the seventeenth century it was decided to build a small fort of which there are almost no remains. The current castle would be built in the 19th century. The castle consists of a single floor and is composed of a front and two lateral bodies parallel to the coast. Two towers six meters high, crowned by battlements, flank the door in which is a reproduction of the coat of arms of the Hasburg monarchy. The Castle was active until the early twentieth century when it was gradually abandoned. It would later be decided to rehabilitate and transform it into a military museum. It was inaugurated in 1984. Since then, it has collected various military objects related to the history of Ceuta.
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