The Route of the Discovery
Moguer
Situated on the banks of the River Tinto 6km upstream from
the river mouth, this bright village of 11,000 people, Gothic
and Baroque houses and white-washed squares adorned with flowers,
has very strong link with the Voyage of the Discovery.
The greatest example of this connection with Columbus and
the Voyage of Discovery is to be found in the Convento de
Santa Clara, designed by Alfonso Jofre Tenorio, a Gothic-Mudéjar
building surrounded by battlement-topped walls. The Convent
contains many beautifil works including paintings, tilework,
sculptures, precious metal craftwork, the magnificient Mudéjar
Choir seats and two beautiful cloisters in the same style.
This was the model for the construction of missions in the
New World.
Other monuments worthy of mention are the Convento de San
Francisco, the church of Nuestra Señora de la Granada,
with its tower of small balconies reminiscent to the Giralda
in Seville, as well as the Casa-Museo (House-Museum) of Juan
Ramón Jiménez (Nobel Prize winner for Literature
in 1956).
The Ermita de Nuestra Señora Monte-mayor (15th century) and
the Casas Consistoriales (Town Hall) complete the tour of
the village.
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