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Vejer information
Vejer de la Frontera
Built on a hill-top close the sea, the town was repopulated
in pre-historic times, and Phoenicians, Cartagenians, Romans
Visigoths and Arabs have held the town. The town was declared
a Historical Monument and National Prize of Adornment. The
medieval town is of narrow steep streets and white-walled
houses surrounded by a defensive wall. A vestige of Arabic
customs remanis with "las cobijadas": women dressed
from head to toe in black cloth.
As a witness to its past importance is the Arab Castle: other
monument worthy of mention are the Gothic church of El Divino
Salvador, and El Rosario, which mix Visigoth, Arab and Christian
influences, the Iglesia and Hospital de San Juan de Letrán,
the Iglesia de Santa Lucía, the Convento de las Monjas
Recepcionistas, with its famous nuns'arch from the 15th century,
and the Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Oliva, the
town's patron, inside which there exists an image of the Virgin
from the 16th century.
On the coast nearby is El Palmar beach and el Cabo de (Cape)
Trafalgar, where the famous battle took place.
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