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who extensively Europeanised it, but upon recapture two years later the Moors removed
all the signs of European influence.
At the turn of the 20th century, Spanish forces occupied Tetouan for three years, claim-
ing it was protecting Ceuta from Rif tribes. In 1913 the Spanish made Tetouan the capital
of their protectorate, which was abandoned in 1956 when Morocco regained independen-
ce. Lately the Andalucian government has provided a great cultural boost to the city by
financing various restoration projects.
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