Tarifa

Tarifa stands at the southern tip of Iberia, facing the African coast across the narrow strait. Its castle, built under the caliphs of Córdoba, guarded a passage of great strategic value. The fortress is associated with Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, who defended it during the siege of 1294. In the Peninsular War an Anglo-Spanish garrison again held Tarifa, resisting a French siege through the winter of 1811–1812.