Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Algeciras

Today: Spain

Years: 1704–1833
Role: City refounded by the exiles of Gibraltar

Destroyed in 1379 and uninhabited until 1704, when refugees from Gibraltar, taken by the Anglo-Dutch, settled in the old medina around the hermitage of Saint Bernard. From 1721 Jorge Próspero de Verboom laid out the new city in grid blocks, of which the northern part of the Villa Nueva survives. It received the title of city on 6 September 1755 and was the base of the Spanish squadron in the siege of Gibraltar of 1779.

What to see today

Iglesia Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Palma (Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Palma): Church, c. 1720 to 1829
Capilla de Nuestra Señora de Europa (la Capillita de Europa) (Capilla de Nuestra Señora de Europa): Church, c. 1690 to 1769
Restos de la Línea de Gibraltar (fuerte de Santa Bárbara) (Línea de Contravalación de Gibraltar): Fort, 1730 to 1735

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