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El Puerto de Santa María (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈpweɾto ðe ˈsanta maˈɾi.a]), locally known as El Puerto and historically in English as Port Saint Mary, [2] [3] is a municipality of Spain located on the banks of the Guadalete River in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia.
Castle of San Marcos (also Castillo de Alfonso X El Sabio) is a medieval castle located in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain. The castle was erected as a fortified church by King Alfonso X of Castile. It was built on the site of a mosque of which the wall of the qibla survives.
All the plain that extends to the south of the site was sea and the mouth of the river was located in areas near El Portal, almost in the foothills of the limits of the municipalities of Jerez de la Frontera and El Puerto de Santa Maria. The natural vegetation has adapted over the years to variable climatic conditions, soil, relief, and rainfall.
Main entrance to the Plaza de Toros de El Puerto. The Real Plaza de Toros de El Puerto de Santa María is a bullring in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain. Dating from the 19th century, it has an eclectic architectural style and was completed in 1880. It is the work of Manuel Portillo de Avila y Herrera.
The Landing of Ferdinand VII in El Puerto de Santa María (Spanish: Desembarco de Fernando VII en el Puerto de Santa María) is an 1828 history painting by the Spanish artist José Aparicio. [1] It depicts a scene on 1 October 1823 when Ferdinand VII of Spain landed at the town of El Puerto de Santa María accompanied by his family to be ...
The original Priory Church in El Puerto de Santa Maria was founded in the 13th century, but the current Church was constructed in the late fifteenth century. [2] The beginning of construction work is referenced in documents dating to 1486, and the church first opened for public worship in 1493.
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Monasterio de la Victoria is a former monastery located in El Puerto de Santa María, province of Cádiz, southern Spain. It was built in the 16th century by Dukes of Medinaceli. The buildings housed a prison between 1886 and 1981. During the Second Spanish Republic, the Civil War and Franco's Dictatorship, the Monastery was used as a prison.