Ceuta - Plaza de Africa
The central feature of Ceuta is the palm-shaded Plaza de Africa. Around the square are the town's most important and finest buildings, which replaced earlier Moorish buildings in the 18th century.
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Plaza de Africa
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Cathedral
At the south end of the Plaza de Africa in Ceuta is the twin-towered Cathedral (1729), with a Neoclassical facade and a black marble doorway. This occupies the site of the former Great Mosque, which was converted to Christian use in 1432. The interior has wall paintings of New Testament scenes. In the nave, under handsome grave slabs, are the tombs of bishops of Ceuta.
Nuestra Señora de Africa
The church of Nuestra Señora de Africa in Ceuta, with its slender tower, was built between 1704 and 1726 on the site of a mosque. The interior is in Spanish Baroque style. The most notable features are the high altar, with a 16th century statue of the Virgin, patroness of the town, which is probably of Portuguese origin, and the church treasury, in a side room.
Town Hall
In the Plaza de Africa in Ceuta is the Palacio Municipal of 1929, with murals by Mariano Bertuchi, a noted painter of the colonial period.
