# Cuevas de Hércules, Cabo Espartel, Marruecos, 2015-12-11, DD 22-24 HDR

- By: Diego Delso
- Date: 2015-12-11
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuevas_de_H%C3%A9rcules,_Cabo_Espartel,_Marruecos,_2015-12-11,_DD_22-24_HDR.JPG)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/a/a1/Cuevas_de_H%C3%A9rcules%2C_Cabo_Espartel%2C_Marruecos%2C_2015-12-11%2C_DD_22-24_HDR.JPG/1920px-Cuevas_de_H%C3%A9rcules%2C_Cabo_Espartel%2C_Marruecos%2C_2015-12-11%2C_DD_22-24_HDR.JPG
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Caves of Hercules are of archeological, historical and mythological significance and are located 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Tangier in Cape Spartel, in the North of Morocco. The cave is part natural and part-made, as the Berber people cut stone wheels from its walls (as you can appreciate in the image) to make millstones, expanding the cave considerably. The name is dedicated to Hercules as he is believed to have slept in the cave before doing his 11th labour, which was to get golden apples from the Hesperides Garden.