Monumento del Llano Amarillo
Monumento del Llano Amarillo is a monument in the Spanish territory of Ceuta, in the North of Africa, at the bottom of Mount Hacho. The fifteen metre monument was moved here from Morocco in 1962 and it is one of the few sculptures left that record Spain's period of Nationalism following the Spanish Civil War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mario Sánchez Bueno, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Mario Sánchez Bueno, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in Ceuta, Spain
- Also known as: “Monumento al Alzamiento” and “Monumento al Llano Amarillo”
Photo: Mario Sánchez Bueno, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monte Hacho and Ermita de San Antonio.
Monte Hacho
Peak
Photo: Jguk 2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monte Hacho is a low mountain that overlooks the Spanish city of Ceuta, on the north coast of Africa. Monte Hacho is positioned on the Mediterranean coast at the Strait of Gibraltar opposite Gibraltar, and along with the Rock of Gibraltar is claimed by some to be one of the Pillars of Hercules.
Ermita de San Antonio
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ermita de San Antonio de Padua is a chapel located on the slopes of Monte Hacho in Ceuta, one of Spain's cities in the North of Africa. It was originally built in the 17th century by the Portuguese, but was extensively renovated and reconstructed in the 1960s. Ermita de San Antonio is situated 290 metres southeast of Monumento del Llano Amarillo.
Playa San Amaro
Beach
Ceuta is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foso Real, Ceuta and Benzú.
Foso Real, Ceuta
Locality
Photo: Mario Sánchez Bueno, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foso Real, Ceuta is a locality, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Monumento del Llano Amarillo.
Benzú
Village
Photo: Dl5kx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Benzú is a small settlement within the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta. It has a population of 1,987 according to the 2011 census, divided into two units with Ceuta as its municipality. Benzú is situated 7 km west of Monumento del Llano Amarillo.
Monumento del Llano Amarillo
- Category: historic site
- Location: Ceuta, Spanish North Africa, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
35.90174° or 35° 54′ 6″ northLongitude
-5.29572° or 5° 17′ 45″ westElevation
28 metres (92 feet)Open location code
8C7PWP23+MPOpenStreetMap ID
node 8379063449OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Monumento del Llano Amarillo” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Monumento al Alzamiento”
- Czech: “Monumento del Llano Amarillo”
- Spanish: “Llano Amarillo de Ketama”
- Spanish: “Llano Amarillo”
- Spanish: “Monumento al Alzamiento”
- Spanish: “Monumento del Llano Amarillo”
- Swedish: “Monumento al Alzamiento”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monumento del Llano Amarillo”. Photo: Mario Sánchez Bueno, CC BY-SA 2.0.