África empieza en los Pirineos

África empieza en los Pirineos ("Africa begins in the Pyrenees") is a derogatory expression used against Spain—and, due to their geographical location, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar—based on the geographical situation of the Iberian Peninsula and referring to the difference or contrast between the absolutist Spain of the 19th century and the more liberal and developed France of the time. It originated in France and was attributed to Alexandre Dumas, a claim that has been refuted by Nestor Luján.

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