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Since 1995, Ceuta is, along with Melilla, one of the two autonomous cities of Spain. [45] Ceuta is known officially in Spanish as Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta (English: Autonomous City of Ceuta), with a rank between a standard municipality and an autonomous community. Ceuta is part of the territory of the European Union.
It was designed by Juan Martínez de la Villa in 1851, at a cost of 462,000 reales, which were partly borne by the Dukes of Montpensier (Infanta Luisa Fernanda and Antoine d'Orléans), promoters of the work that was inaugurated on 1 December 1855.
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The Instituto de Turismo de España – Turespaña (Tourism Institute of Spain) is the official agency of the Government of Spain responsible for the marketing of the country as a tourist destination throughout the world. It depends on the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism through the Secretary of State for Tourism.
Ceuta and Península de Almina. The Península de Almina is a peninsula making up much of the eastern part of the Spanish city of Ceuta in Africa. It is dominated by the peak of Monte Hacho. The peninsula contains Ceuta's easternmost point, Punta Almina, [1] and is connected to the rest of Ceuta by an isthmus barely 100 metres (330 ft) in width.
Santa Catalina is a small island off the north coast of the Península de Almina in Ceuta, Spain 35°54′N 5°17′W / 35.900°N 5.283°W / 35.900; v
The Sidi Bel Abbas sanctuary is a Muslim holy place located in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Northern Africa, in the El Usa plaza. [1] The structure was built to commemorate 12th-century Moroccan saint Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti .
The Ermita de San Antonio de Padua ("Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua") is a chapel located on the slopes of Monte Hacho in Ceuta, one of Spain's cities in the North of Africa. It was originally built in the 17th century by the Portuguese , but was extensively renovated and reconstructed in the 1960s.