8 Sights in San Fernando, Spain (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in San Fernando, Spain. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 8 sights are available in San Fernando, Spain.
Sightseeing Tours in San FernandoActivities in San Fernando1. San Fernando
San Fernando is a town in the province of Cádiz, Spain. It is home to more than 97,500 inhabitants. The city also uses the name "La Isla". The people from San Fernando are locally known as "Cañaíllas" or "Isleños".
2. Puerta del mar
Arsenal de la Carraca, also Naval Station of La Carraca, is a naval shipyard and a naval base in San Fernando, Spain. It is a naval base for the construction and repair of ships, and the storage and distribution of arms and ammunition. The first military establishment of its kind to be created in Spain under the naval policy of Felipe V, it was developed by Patiño and the Marquis de la Ensenada. Though work on building the shipyard began in 1720, the formal decree issued by Fernando VI on October 3, 1752, accelerated its construction until it was completed in the late 18th century.
3. Museo Municipal
Museo Histórico Municipal de San Fernando is a museum located at 63 Calle Real in San Fernando in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. The building was built in 1755 by a merchant of Cadiz, Alonso Ortega y Muñiz, on the grounds of the Dean of the Cathedral of Cadiz. Until its acquisition by the city, it housed the Clinic Empresa Nacional Bazán or Palomo Clinic from 1949. It was inaugurated as a municipal historical museum on 28 March 1986.
4. Ayuntamiento de San Fernando
The City Council of San Fernando is the political body that is responsible for the government and administration of the city of San Fernando (Cádiz. The members of the island's city council have been democratically elected by universal suffrage since 1979. The current formation of the island's government is 25 councillors, elected every 4 years by the citizens registered in San Fernando, as long as they are Spanish or from the European Union.
5. Hornos Púnicos
The archaeological site of the Punic and Phoenician ovens discovered in 1987 by the Municipal Archaeology Group of San Fernando, is located in San Fernando. These remains of pottery kilns of Phoenician and Carthage-Punic origin are on display in the Plaza de los hornos Punics y Phoenicinos, a roundabout formed by the crossroads of three streets to the northwest of the city.
6. Museo Camarón de la Isla
José Monje Cruz, better known by his stage name Camarón de la Isla, was a Spanish Romani flamenco singer. Considered one of the all-time greatest flamenco singers, he was noted for his collaborations with Paco de Lucía and Tomatito, and the three of them were of major importance to the revival of flamenco in the second half of the 20th century.
7. Castillo de San Romualdo
Castillo de San Romualdo is a castle located in San Fernando in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. Built in the Mudéjar style, it was first mentioned in 1268. It is a protected monument on the Bien de Interés Cultural register.
8. Real Teatro de Las Cortes
Real Teatro de las Cortes is a theatre located on Calle de las Cortes in San Fernando in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. It was established on 1 April 1804 as Teatro Cómico, and currently seats 433 people.
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