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The Spanish empire lasted a little over 400 years or nearly 500 years, depending on how you look at it.

The Spanish Empire was started in 1492, and continued to the 20th century, when Spain withdrew from its last colonial holdings in Africa, in 1976. In the 20th century, however, its holdings were quite small compared to what they had been. It might be fair to say the Spanish Empire effectively ended with the loss of Cuba and the Philippines in 1898.

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