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The  town of Tarifa is located in the most southernly region of the Iberian Peninsula and the European Continent, only 14 Km. from the African coast and at the meeting point of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. This is a magical place, filled with fantasy and fables, about which people of the old world created myths and legends, where Titans, nymphs and gods dwelled. Here it is believed that Hercules erected two great columns that help up a celestial dome shortly afther the disappearance of Atlantis under the waves. This region was home to a wide variety of communities and cultures all leaving their mark by way of a significantly diverse historical heritage that can be described as one of Spain´s most interesting.

The history of Tarifa runs parallel to that of Spain itself. No culture or community has existed in our country without having left mark in some way on Tarifa. Evidence of this can be seen by viewing the significant archaeological remains dating from the Palaeolithic and Bronze ages, followed in other times by such communities as the Greeks and Phoenicians.