Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Santander, Spain

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.

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Vital Alsar Ramírez was a sailor and scientist who made several extremely long sailing expeditions. His entire life was linked to nature and the sea. He became professor of economics, although he never acted as such.

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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 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.

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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.

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The beacon of Mouro Island is located on the island of the same name at the entrance to the Bay of Santander, in Cantabria, Spain.

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