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Feria de Jerez, also known as Feria del Caballo (literally Horse Fair), is a celebration in the Spanish municipality Jerez de la Frontera, traditionally held in the first or second week of May. It is the most important fair in the Province of Cádiz and is listed as one of the Fiestas of International Tourist Interest of Spain by the Ministry ...
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Jerez de la Frontera is located in the region of Campiña de Jerez, which includes the municipalities of Jerez de la Frontera and San José del Valle. The territory of the region corresponds to the previous municipality of the city of Jerez, before the disintegration of San José del Valle in 1995.
Other notable ferias take place each year in Malaga [1] in August and in Cordoba [2] in May. In Andalusia, the oldest ferias correspond to the age of the bullring: the city of Jerez de la Frontera, whose bullring is one of the oldest in Spain, offers a Feria del Caballo in May and a feria de vendimia (grape harvest) in autumn. [3]
Jerez Airport is a modern airport with the principal arrival and departure areas on the ground floor. Ryanair introduced regular flights between Jerez Airport and London , which helped to increase passenger numbers at the airport to 1.1 million in 2004.
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In the carnival of 1776, excesses were committed in the convent of Santa María and in that of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, which caused scandals in the city. This same year, the British traveler Henry Swinburne visited the city, who left testimony about the Carnival celebrations of the people of Cádiz.
The Yeguada Militar de Jerez de la Frontera (en: Military Stud of Jerez de la Frontera), known outside Spain as the Yeguada Militar, is a military Spanish stud farm headquartered in Andalusia, Spain, dedicated to horse breeding of purebred Andalusian horses and Arabian horses. Founded in 1847, it became the state military stud farm in 1893.