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  • Cape Spartel Lighthouse

  • Cape Spartel Lighthouse

    Cape Spartel Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located on a cliff in Cape Spartel, west of Tangiers in Morocco. It was built in 1864 AD by order of the Alaouite Sultan Muhammad IV of Morocco, and it is considered the oldest lighthouse in Morocco.
    Archaeological Site
    Cape Spartel Lighthouse
    by Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 63 m

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    Cape Spartel Lighthouse

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    Morocco

    Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima

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    19th Century AD

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