Santa Cruz on the waters (sketch)Towards 1865. ( This sketch is also known by the title Takeover of the waters of Cadiz by King Alfonso X 1262 ) 1865 by Balaca y Orejas Canseco, Ricardo Spain, Spanish, 1262, after the conquest and expulsion of the Muslims from the city of Cádiz, King Alfonso X ordered a cross to be nailed on the waters of the Cádiz beach. symbolize its control over the ocean that separates the Iberian Peninsula from Africa and the empire of the Christian religion over Islam.

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1262, after the conquest and expulsion of the Muslims from the city of Cádiz, King Alfonso X ordered a cross to be nailed on the waters of the Cádiz beach. symbolize its control over the ocean that separates the Iberian Peninsula from Africa and the empire of the Christian religion over Islam.

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Location: spain
Photo credit: © Peter Horree / Alamy / Afripics
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