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  • 1 Las Carabelas Dock Interesting

    Museums and art

    E - 21819 Monasterio de la Rábida

    Life-size replicas of the three caravels, the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa María that transported Columbus on his voyage of discovery to the New World in 1492 are moored at this modern dock on the banks of the Tinto Estuary. You can also see a small..

  • 2 St Mary of La Rábida Monastery

    Religious buildings

    E - 21819 Monasterio de la Rábida

    The Gothic-Mudéjar Franciscan monastery recalls its historic role in frescoes by Daniel Vázquez Díaz (1930) illustrating the epic voyage by Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus). The church has some fine frescoes in the chapels and a polychrome a..

  • 3 Avenida de los Descubridores

    Architecture, castles and historic districts

    Avenida de los Descubridores E - 21819 Monasterio de la Rábida

    The wide avenue linking Palos de la Frontera to La Rábida is adorned with the coats of arms of all the Latin American countries. Right at the end, on the Glorieta del Pueblo Argentino (Square of the People of Argentina) you can see an Aztec calendar ..

  • 4 José Celestino Mutis Botanical Park

    Nature and gardens

    E - 21819 Monasterio de la Rábida

    The most representative plant species of the five continents are gathered together here. The park with its luxuriant vegetation is criss-crossed by paths, canals and little bridges. It bears the name of a great Andalucian scholar.

  • 5 Queen's Dock

    Architecture, castles and historic districts

    E - 21819 Monasterio de la Rábida

    A monument to Icaro del Triunfo (the Triumph of Icarus) stands on a small quay commemorating the first transatlantic flight by the Spanish seaplane Plus Ultra between Palos de la Frontera and Buenos Aires in 1926.

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