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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. The city was a free port before Spain joined the European Union in 1986.
The Portuguese conquest of Ceuta took place on 21 August 1415, between Portuguese forces under the command of King John I of Portugal and the Marinid sultanate of Morocco at the city of Ceuta. The city's defenses fell under Portuguese control after a carefully prepared attack, and the successful capture of the city marked the beginning of the ...
The taking of Ceuta was recognised by Pope Martin V as a crusade. [17] Possession of the city brought no economic benefits to Portugal however, as trade simply moved to other cities in the region. Accordingly, João's successor King Duarte tried to take Tangier as well in 1437, but was unable to do so. [18]
Portugal captured the north African city of Ceuta from the Marinid dynasty in 1415. When the Ottomans had captured Constantinople in 1453, Pope Calixtus III issued a call to a Crusade, which was delivered to Afonso V of Portugal via the Bishop of Silves, and the king pledged to assemble an army to use against the Muslims. [1]
The North African territory of Ceuta is surrounded by Morocco but claimed as part of Spanish Europe. It’s one of the most unusual places on either continent.
The following is a list of governors and other local administrators of the city of Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa. The list encompass the period from 1415 ...
Ceuta had been a naval base since Carthaginian and Roman times, and had some form of fortification since at least the 5th century. [2] 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.
John I of Portugal acceded in 1390 and ruled in peace, pursuing the economic development of his realm. The only significant military action was the siege and conquest of the city of Ceuta in 1415. By this step he aimed to control navigation of the African coast.