Puerto Real

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Puerto Real municipality
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Puerto Real coat of arms
Puerto Real (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Andalusia
Province : Cadiz
Comarca : Bahia de Cádiz
Coordinates 36 ° 32 ′  N , 6 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 36 ° 32 ′  N , 6 ° 12 ′  W
Height : 8  msnm
Area : 195.96 km²
Residents : 41,627 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 212.43 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 11510
Municipality number  ( INE ): 11028
administration
Mayor : Maribel Peinado ( PA )
Website : www.puertoreal.es
Location of the municipality
Puerto Real (Cadiz) .PNG

Puerto Real ( province of Cádiz ) is a city in Andalusia ( Spain ), which is located in the southeast of the Bay of Cádiz . It has been directly connected to the provincial capital of Cadiz since 1965 by the León de Carranza bridge and since 2015 by the Puente de la Constitución de 1812 and the CA-35 and CA-36 roads that cross it.

history

The excavations of El Retamar suggest a prehistoric settlement from the Neolithic Age and those of Puente Melchor , El Gallinero and Villanueva are assigned to the Romanization. There are only a few references from Muslim times and it was not until the end of the 15th century , when the Bay of Cádiz was settled by Christians again after the Reconquista , that the real story of Puerto Real begins: The place was founded on June 18, 1483 by order of the Catholics Kings founded. It was laid out as a "royal port ", as the name suggests, because the Spanish crown needed an expanded access to the sea.

The chessboard-like cityscape that is still so visible today was laid out in the 16th century. In 1676 the city became independent from the crown and an economic boom began that lasted until the end of the 18th century. Signs of this are still visible in the cityscape today: many houses are adorned with baroque portals. In the 20th century a shipyard was built on the outskirts of the city . The modern new building of the natural science faculty of the University of Cádiz is also on the outskirts.

Attractions

Street in Puerto Real
  • historical cityscape
  • San Sebastián Church (18th century)
  • Teatro Principal (19th century theater building)
  • Las Canteras pine grove
  • Reserva Natural Complejo Endorreico de Puerto Real

Web links

Commons : Puerto Real  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).