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Capilla del Cristo de la Alameda

The Chapel of the Holy of Alameda, a former chapel converted into a museum in the town of Andalusia to Algeciras, was built in 1776 on the initiative of the priest Domingo Perez and enjoyed great devotion to the people of the sea until the mid-nineteenth century.The Chapel is a single room and a small sacristy, highlights the Baroque facade with belfry. The building was then in port land along the Rio de la Miel and one of the most popular streets of the time, Alameda Street, this situation caused mainly sailors but also by far the other citizens of the city would come to her and make donations that would allow maintenance.

Chapel of Charity

The Chapel of Charity also called Charity Hospital or St. Anton is located in Villa Nueva in Algeciras, in Plaza Juan de Lima, attached to the old Charity Hospital, built in 1768 by the alms of the citizens of the city.Was finished in 1754, before it was completed the Hospital. The chapel is dedicated to St. Anthony (or San Antonio Abad), has a single nave and a cover of one body and topped by a belfry trefoil, a plaque on the door with the slogan made me remember the love that was built by subscription people

Church of Our Lady of La Palma

The Church of Our Lady of Palma de Algeciras is located in the Plaza Alta. BIC filed by the Ministry of Culture of the Junta de Andalucia since 1992, next to the Plaza Alta's main hallmark of this Andalusian city. Work on the temple began in 1724 when the population growth was insufficient space set aside for worship at the nearby Chapel of Our Lady of Europe. According to Pascual Madoz in his Gazetteer of 1843, "the church was completed in 1738 with alms of the faithful and other resources provided by the Bishop Don Lorenzo Armengual de la Mota, moving it on 6 June of that year the parish before existed in the primitive chapel Cortijo de Galvez ". Since 1736, the Church of La Palma, still under construction, took over the parish duties.

Chapel of Our Lady of Europe

The Chapel of Our Lady of Europe in Algeciras, commonly known as the little chapel in Europe, is located in the Plaza Alta. The present building dates from 1769 because the original structure, built in 1690, was greatly affected by the earthquake of 1755. In 1690 a chapel was erected on the site now occupied by the chapel. Was dedicated to St. Bernard, patron of Gibraltar and its field and was in the farmhouse of the Galvez, one of the most prosperous families of Gibraltar. The erection of the chapel had received authorization from the Bishop of Cadiz Barcia Martin Zambrano.

Algeciras Aqueduct

The Aqueduct of Algeciras is one of the most important buildings which were in the city during its first two centuries. Numerous textbooks, dictionaries and travel guides name this building at the entrance of Algeciras as Arab or even Roman aqueduct was built in the eighteenth century .The image of the city from the hills nearby, with the arches in the foreground and Gibraltar in the background is one of the most repeated postcards of the city being able to find dozens of prints that image, especially during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Plaza Alta

The Plaza Alta de Algeciras is the heart of the city, it has some of the most emblematic buildings of Algeciras, the Iglesia de la Palma, the Chapel of Europe, and leave it the most popular streets of the city as the Broad Street and Convent Street.Is the center of town meeting and often the scene of demonstrations and gatherings of all kinds as well as some of the most important festivals of the city such as Easter, New Year's party or Tosantos.

Archaeological Park of Algeciras Merinides Walls

The Archaeological Park of the walls merinies of Algeciras is located at Avenida Blas Infante, bordered to the north of Villa Nueva and displays the archaeological remains left uncovered in the excavations in the year 1997. It covers some 6,000 square meters and is complemented with an interpretation center located in a nearby building.

Mosque of Algeciras

The remains of the Great Mosque of Algeciras are located in the Old Village, south of the city, on the grounds of the Hotel Reina Cristina. Although there is controversy over whether it is the mosque of the Old Village or the other of those in the city of Al-Hadra Al-Yazirat everything seems to indicate that the building is built in the late eighth century on the remains of a Byzantine church or perhaps a pagan temple in the city of Traducta Iulia.

Maria Cristina Park

The Parque Maria Cristina de Algeciras, called Paseo Cristina is one of the most popular places in town.Its area is 20,683 meters square, is located between Calle Ramon y Cajal, Captain Ontanon, Avenida Blas Infante and Avenue of the Armed Forces is registered in the Catalogue of the Andalusian Historical Heritage as a Cultural Garden in the province. The Paseo Cristina held various important events in the life of the city as the crowning of the queen of Feria, the Carnival, various social associations meetings, concerts and medieval markets.

Centennial Park

Centennial Park Algeciras is located at the tip of St. Garcia, was built in 2007 through collaboration between the Port Authority of Algeciras Bay and City Hall to mark the hundredth anniversary of the Algeciras Conference and the creation of the Board of Harbor Works.

The Museum of Sacred Art

The Museum of Sacred Art is located in the Chapel of Alameda after the restoration of it in 1999. The museum is divided into four rooms: Jewellery, Ceramics, Painting and the latter dedicated to the Holy Week in the city.
 

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