Huelva Information
The mark of the Discovery of America
In Andalusia so steeped in history, Huelva is the area which
is very closely related to the Discovery of America. It was
from the long-gone docks of the minicipality of Palos de la
Frontera that the caravels set sail on 3rd August 1492. It
is also the location of La Rábida Monastery, which
is a Gothic-Mudéjar church featuring one of the oldest
crucifixes in Andalusia, the beautiful Mudéjar style
cloisters and 20th century murals by Vázquez Díaz.
Palos is a srpuce, lively village. In this, the home town
of the Pinzón brothers, the visitor may admire their
House-Museum and the original brick Mudéjar Church
of San Jorge, with its historical Bride and Bridegroom Entrance.
The nearby Fontanilla, a delightful place which has been recently
renovated, supplied the water which Christopher Columbus used
on his voyage of discovery.
Further is Moguer, which boasts the Monastery of Santa Clara,
perhaps the most oustanding moment of the province in size
and artistic value. It is Gothic-Mudéjar style par
excellence of the era of the discovery of America. Not far
away are the convent of San Francisco, the Coprus Christie
Hospital converted into a theatre, the Town Hall in a resplendent
Andalusian Neoclassical style, and the huge Church of Nuestra
Señora de la Granada, which has a tower reminiscent
of the Giralda. Platero no longer trots through the
streets of Moquer, but the Museum of San Juan Ramón
Jiménez evokes his creator.
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