17 Sights in Santander, Spain (with Map and Images)

The Royal Palace of Magdalena is a building located on the Peninsula of La Magdalena, in front of the island of Mouuro, in the city of Santander, and which was built between 1909 and 1911, by popular subscription, to house the Spanish Royal Family . The work of the architects Javier González de Riancho and Gonzalo Bringas, enclava in the place where the former fort of San Salvador de Hano was, which protected the entrance to the bay. It cost 700,000 pesetas of 1912 and was paid by the City Council and a large number of local families who played a laborious micromeceneazgo, such as the 100,000 pesetas of the company El Sardinero or the 1000 pesetas of the Botín family. The financial problems to be able to pay for the work caused the Executive Commission to even buy Christmas lottery to try their luck, without success. He was furnished in 1913, immediately becoming a summer residence of King Alfonso XIII and his family, who regularly occupied him until the proclamation of the Second Republic. In 1914 the stables were projected by González Riancho, which emulates a medieval English town with pointed roofs of pronounced slopes, wooden frames seen, etc.

Wikipedia: Palacio de La Magdalena (ES)

The Palacete del Embarcadero is a building in the city of Santander, in Cantabria, Spain. The Palacete del Embarcadero is located on the promenade, next to the Pereda promenade and gardens. Designed by Javier González de Riancho, with a portico facing the sea and angular turrets, it is a building designed in 1920 and completed in 1932. It functioned as a passenger station, later used as a barracks for the Armed Police, and since it was reopened in 1985, it serves as an exhibition and conference hall. It is owned by the Port Authority, and is one of the spaces set up by the Port of Santander to promote and disseminate maritime-port culture and heritage. It is dedicated to both its own exhibitions and travelling exhibitions.

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The Palacio de la Magdalena is a palace in Santander (Cantabria), Spain. Its construction was financed by popular subscription and given to the Spanish royal family for use as a summer residence. It was built by architects Javier González Riancho and Gonzalo Bringas Vega between 1909 and 1911. The palace is located at the Magdalena Peninsula in the place where the old Fort of San Salvador de Hano was, which protected the entrance to the bay. Since 1932, it hosts the summer courses of the Menéndez Pelayo International University. In 1977, the City Council of Santander bought back the palace and the peninsula.

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The Riva-Herrera or Pronillo Palace is located in the Pronillo district of the city of Santander, Cantabria (Spain). The complex consisting of the tower, the walls and the monumental complex of the noble house has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest. The enclosure, of about 2000 square meters, has the original building, a tower from the Middle Ages called "Torre de Pronillo" to which in the sixteenth century a house with a flagship tower, manor house, chapel, parade ground and a portal with a sundial was attached. It is the oldest civil construction in the city.

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The Church of San Francisco is a Catholic, apostolic and Roman, eclecticist temple, located in the Cantabrian city of Santander; It stands on No. 9 of Street of Escalantes. It is the work of the Santander architect Javier González Riancho, one of the most prestigious architects in Cantabria, who projected it in the mid -twentieth century after beating in the 1940 project contest, being inaugurated in 1953. It belongs to the bishopric of Santander, and is included in the lists of the artistic-religious heritage of Cantabria.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Francisco (Santander) (ES)

The Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria (PFC) is an emblematic theatre in the city of Santander, in Cantabria, Spain. The building is located in front of the bay of Santander and its extensive facilities and technical infrastructure also allow the holding of congresses, meetings and conventions of any kind. With a multidisciplinary vocation, this cultural centre offers a continuous artistic programme throughout the year, attracting relevant personalities from the scene, both national and international.

Wikipedia: Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria (ES)

The Punta de la Cerda beacon, also known as the Punta de la Cerda lighthouse, the Cerda lighthouse or the Argolla lighthouse because it is close to a mooring where ships arrived in difficulty, is located in the city of Santander, on the Magdalena peninsula. It gets its name due to the fact that the Santa Cruz de la Cerda battery was located there, intended to protect the access to the bay of Santander from the enemies.

Wikipedia: Baliza de la Punta de la Cerda (ES)

The Pereda Gardens is a public park in the city of Santander, in Cantabria, Spain. They are located on land reclaimed from the sea that was used as a port dock in 1805 and was officially inaugurated in 1905 coinciding with the celebration of the Exhibition of Arts and Industries. It is a very busy space due to its centrality and its proximity to the promenade, as well as the Botín Centre.

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The hermitage of the Virgen del Mar is a building located on the island of the Virgen del Mar, in San Román de la Llanilla, municipality of Santander. It is warned to the patron saint of Santander, Virgen del Mar. His situation next to the sea has meant its partial demolition during the storms several times. Perhaps its greatest destruction was that of the late seventeenth century.

Wikipedia: Ermita de la Virgen del Mar (Santander) (ES)

Las Llamas Park is an 11-hectare urban park located in the city of Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. The first phase of this green space was opened to the public on 11 May 2007, and there are still 426,000 m² to be built, almost to the border with La Albericia. When completed, it will be the most tree-lined park in the city.

Wikipedia: Parque de la vaguada de Las Llamas (ES)

The castle of Corbanera is a military fortification built in 1874 in the area of Corbanera, La Maruca, in Monte. It was the main defensive element of the line of walls, fortifications and batteries built to protect the city from possible Carlist attacks during the Third Carlist War (1872-1876). It is a monument declared an Asset of Cultural Interest.

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The Church of La Annunciation or the Santander Company was declared Cultural Interest Good on November 11, 1992. This is the best example of the Renaissance architecture of Cantabria, an architectural style of little implementation in the community. It is located on Juan de Herrera Street, near Porticada Square and the cathedral.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de la Anunciación (Santander) (ES)

Ángel Herrera Oria was a Spanish journalist and Roman Catholic politician and later a cardinal. He established the Instituto Social León XIII to promote the social doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church and named it in honor of Pope Paul VI who elevated him to the rank of cardinal in 1965.

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The Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo Library and House-Museum is located in the city of Santander, in Cantabria, (Spain). The library of around 42,000 volumes belonged to the famous writer during his lifetime, passing to the Santander City Council at his death by testamentary decision.

Wikipedia: Biblioteca y casa-museo de Menéndez Pelayo (ES)

The Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria (MUPAC) is a museum specialising in prehistoric archaeology and also has collections from the ancient and medieval world. It is located in the city of Santander, in Cantabria (Spain).

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The English pantheon is a monument located in the Santanderin town of Cueto, just a few meters from the coast that bathes the Cantabric Sea, between the Devil Bridge and the beach of El Bocal, near where the Cueto traffic light was.

Wikipedia: Panteón del Inglés (ES)

The Church of Santa Lucía is a Catholic temple of eclectic style located in the Spanish city of Santander (Cantabria). It dates from the second half of the nineteenth century and is declared well of cultural interest.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santa Lucía (Santander) (ES), Heritage Website