Monuments
Los Dólmenes de El Pozuelo.
Km 43 de la CN 435 aprox Zalamea la Real
Stone construction with a character eminently undertaker considering
itself collective interments where prime the rite of the inhumación
in front the incineration. They date from the IV-III millenium
to of C.
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Merced
Plaza de la Merced s/n Huelva
This building with a Renaissance façade was erected
in 1605 and proclaimed a cathedral in 1953. It houses a sculpture
of Christ from Jerusalem and a beautiful portrayal of the
Virgin with a ribbon, the patron saint of the town, by Martínez
Montañés.
Timetable:
Open for services at 7pm, Sun at 11am and 7pm.
Monument to Colón
Punta del Sebo
At one end of the town, on a spit of land shaped by the Rivers
Tinto and Odiel and called Punta del Sebo, stands a large
sculpture of Cristóbal Colón of the American
artist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1929).
Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Cinta
Avda. de la Cinta s/n Huelva
Tlf: 95 925.11.22
During his journey to Huelva, Christopher Columbus stopped
at the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Ribbon, outside the town
at the end of the elegant Paseo del Conquero.
Timetable:
Normal:08:30 - 13:30
16:00 - 19:00
* Summer: 08:30 - 13:30
16:00 - 20:00
Monasterio de Santa Clara
Plaza de Portocarrero s/n
Moguer
This 14C monastery, closely linked to the history of the discovery
of America, is the largest Mudéjar Gothic building
in the Huelva province.
Timetable:
Normal:
11:00 - 13:00
17:00 - 19:00
Birthplace of Juan Ramón Jiménez
C/ Ribera - Moguer
In the typical Calle Ribera, this former mansion, where Juan
Ramón Jiménez, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature,
was born, is now a venue for important literary meetings.
Santa María de la Rábida Monastery
La Rábida
The Rábida is the name of the Monastery where Cristóbal
Columbus inhabited, studied and prepared its trips to the
Américas. The Monastery is open to the public and there
it is possible to be taken a walk between such claustros who
in a time was cro.
The Caravels Wharf
La Rábida
The Wharf that served like departure point so that the intrepid
navigator Cristóbal Columbus, started off to make the
greater feat of history: The Discovery of America.
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