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


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Images of Fortaleza de Hacho (http://lexicorient.com/morocco/ceuta06.htm)


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NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Monte Hacho (163 words)
Monte Hacho is the low mountain that overlooks the Spanish enclave Ceuta, on the north coast of Africa.
Monte Hacho is positioned 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.
Ceuta - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (878 words)
Ceuta is dominated by a hill called Monte Hacho, on which there is a fort occupied by the Spanish army.
Monte Hacho is one of the possible locations for the southern Pillars of Hercules of Greek Legend, the other possibility being Jebel Musa.
Monte Hacho is the hill to the right of the picture.
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