Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Almeria, Spain

The Alcazaba of Almería is a fortified complex in Almería, southern Spain. The word alcazaba, from the Arabic word, signifies a walled fortification in a city.

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The church of San Juan Evangelista or San Juan de la Almedina is a Christian church located in the city of Almeria, specifically in the Almedina neighborhood. It was built in the last quarter of the seventeenth century on the site of what was the city's main mosque during Muslim rule and later the city's first cathedral.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Juan Evangelista (Almería) (ES)

The headquarters of the Spanish Red Cross in Almeria is a historic building located in that Spanish city dating back to the mid-nineteenth century in Elizabethan style.

Wikipedia: Sede de la Cruz Roja (Almería) (ES)

The Archaeological Enclave Puerta de Almería is a museological space dependent on the Andalusian agency of cultural institutions of the Junta de Andalucía and located in the Spanish city of Almería. It houses on the one hand, the only Roman archaeological remains preserved in the city: a salazones factory; and on the other, one of the doors of the Islamic wall that closed the city in the south.

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The Antonio de Torres Spanish Guitar Museum is a museum dedicated to the Spanish guitar and other musical instruments in the city of Almeria, Spain. This museum is also dedicated to the famous luthier from Almeria, Antonio de Torres, considered the father of the guitar. Currently, in this museum we can find three guitars built by him.

Wikipedia: Museo de la Guitarra (ES)

The church and convent of Santa Clara, in the Spanish city of Almeria (Andalusia), comprise a wide rectangle located between the streets of Jovellanos, Mariana, Marín and Plaza de la Constitución. It has been an Asset of Cultural Interest since 1992.

Wikipedia: Convento de las Claras (Almería) (ES)

The Monument to the Martyrs of Freedom, also known as the Monument to the Coloraos or Pingurucho, is a commemorative column erected in the Spanish city of Almeria, located in the city's Plaza de la Constitución. This monument commemorates the episode of the Ominous Decade in which a group of liberal fighters, coming from Gibraltar and dressed in the British navy uniform, of a characteristic red color and which would eventually make them known as the Coloraos, arrived in the city of Almeria in August 1824 to make a pronouncement against the absolutism of the time and a return to the Constitution of 1812. The monument that can be seen today is a replica of the original, which was destroyed in 1943.

Wikipedia: Monumento a los Mártires de la Libertad (ES)

The Church of San Agustín or of the Franciscans is a Christian church attached to the Catholic Church and located in Almeria.

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The church of San Sebastián is a seventeenth-century Catholic church located in the square of the same name in the city of Almeria.

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The Arab cisterns of Jairan are a work of Andalusian hydraulic engineering located in Almeria, built in the eleventh century under the mandate of Jairán, king of the Taifa of Almeria.

Wikipedia: Aljibes árabes de Jairán (Almería) (ES)

The church of San Pedro de Almería is a Roman Catholic church located in the city of Almería.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Pedro (Almería) (ES)

The Spanish city of Almería suffered up to 52 bombings from air and sea, with a total of 754 bombs dropped during the Spanish Civil War. This led to the decision to create a system of underground shelters for the protection of approximately 40,000 civilians. These shelters measure more than 4.5 km long, and they are equipped with a surgery room and a food storage room. They were designed by the local architect Guillermo Langle Rubio, being today the most important and better preserved shelters in all Europe. These refuges have stood the most important attack in all Almería's history, the Bombardment of Almería, by the nazis in 1937.

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Almeria Walk of Fame is the filmmaking Walk of Fame located in Almeria, Spain, similar to Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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The English cable, also known as the Alquife dock, is a mineral loading located in Almería, Spain, which was in use from 1904 to 1970. It was built by The Alquife Mines and Railway Company Limited for the transport of iron mineral From the Alquife mines, joining the station with the port. In 1998 he was declared a cultural interest for being an example of the Iron Architecture of Andalusia and for his ethnographic interest.

Wikipedia: Cable Inglés (ES)