Penon sentence example
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- The lighthouse which occupies the site of Fort Penon was built in 1544.
- The islet in front of the harbour, subsequently known as the Penon, had been occupied by the Spaniards as early as 1302.
- In 1510, following their occupation of Oran and other towns on the coast of Africa, the Spaniards fortified the Penon.
- Khaired-Din, succeeding Arouj, drove the Spaniards from the Penon (1530) and was the founder of the pashalik, afterwards deylik, of Algeria.
- The best nests are obtained on the precipitous sides of the Penon de Coron, between Culion and Busuanga.Advertisement
- Apart from Ceuta, Spain possesses on the Moroccan seaboard Melilla, Alhucemas, Penon de Ia Gomera, Ifni, and the Chaffarinas islets.