Geography of Spain Geography of Spain Spain is a country located in southwestern Europe occupying most (about 85 percent) of the Iberian Peninsula and includes a small exclave inside France called Llívia as well as the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off northwest Africa, and five places of sovereignty ("plazas de soberanía") on and off the coast of North Africa: Ceuta, Melilla, Islas Chafarinas, Peñón de Alhucemas, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera. The Spanish mainland is bordered to the south and east almost entirely by the Mediterranean Sea (except for a small land boundary
Walls of Tabarca Walls of Tabarca The Wall of Tabarca is a defensive wall built in the 18th century. It is located in the town of Tabarca, Alicante. It was designed by Fernando Méndez de Ras, a military engineer who also planned the rest of the building on the island. The wall has three gates, all of them baroque. The shape of the wall is adapted to the island coastline. It is built in stone, with the outside covered in ashlar. Since the 1980s, there have been some reconstructions and rehabilitations. The wall also has three gates: San Rafael or Eastern Gate, La