Template:Did you know nominations/Torre de los Adalides

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 02:30, 23 February 2013 (UTC).

Torre de los Adalides[edit]

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... that the Torre de los Adalides (pictured) in Algeciras was destroyed by the Spaniards during the Spanish–American War as they thought the Americans might use it as a landmark or base of their own?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Ipigott (talk), Nvvchar (talk), and Rosiestep (talk). Nominated by Rosiestep (talk) at 21:42, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Foreign language hooks taken in good faith. I like the hook a lot as it never even occured to me that the Spanish authorities would have been preparing for a potential U.S. invasion during the war. Miyagawa (talk) 14:27, 22 February 2013 (UTC)