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Cape Trafalgar (/ t r ə ˈ f æ l ɡ ər /; [1] Spanish: Cabo Trafalgar [ˈkaβo tɾafalˈɣaɾ]) is a headland in the Province of Cádiz in the southwest of Spain.The 1805 naval Battle of Trafalgar, in which the Royal Navy commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson decisively defeated Napoleon's combined Spanish and French fleet, took place just off the cape.
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).
The French Way is the most well-known and used of the Spanish routes. Measuring 738 km, from the northeastern border with France to Santiago de Compostela.It is the continuation of four routes in France (hence the name) that merge into two after crossing the Pyrenees into Spain at Roncesvalles (Valcarlos Pass) and Canfranc (Somport Pass) and then converge at Puente la Reina south of Pamplona.
The Napoleonic wars also played a key role in the independence of the Latin American colonies from Spain and Portugal. The conflict weakened the authority and military power of Spain, especially after the Battle of Trafalgar. There were many uprisings in Spanish America, leading to the wars of independence.
Trafalgar, Dominica, a village and waterfall in the St. George province of the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies; Trafalgar, KwaZulu-Natal, a seaside village in South Africa; Trafalgar, Hougang, a subzone of the town of Hougang located in north eastern Singapore; Trafalgar (Madrid), a ward of Chamberi district, Madrid, Spain
The Transcantábrico is a metre-gauge tourist train service, crossing northern Spain along the Bay of Biscay.It is the oldest of Spain's tourist trains, managed by the Spanish public company FEVE since its inauguration in 1983 until 2012, when FEVE disappeared and Renfe Operadora took over.
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