Built on a naturally fortified site in the Moroccan Rif, the enclave is the second Spanish possession on Moroccan lands. Like Ceuta, 400 km away, it was taken in 1497 and remained Spanish at the time of Morocco's independence. Once a land of passage, Melilla is today an isolated enclave, surrounded by a barrier since 1998. It lives mainly from its status as a free zone. The new city, built under the orders of Enrique Nieto, a disciple of Gaudí, offers a multitude of modernist façades. The city is above all Spanish in its soul, where several artists and playwrights have made it a place of staging.

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