Palos de la Frontera
Palos is a village on the left bank of Red River, at the mouth and in union with the river Odiel, about 13 kilometers from Huelva city.
Previous center of fishermen and shellfish, its economy currently focuses on two main activities: industry, given its proximity to the industrial capital of Huelva, and the cultivation of strawberries, new discovery in recent years and has become the province of Huelva in the main producer.
Its name comes from Latin, "palus" which means lake.
In the old Al-Andalus was a village that lived on agriculture and livestock, and that was part of the jurisdiction of Fog.
Between 1239 and 1240 after the Christian conquest, was ceded by Alfonso XI Alfonso Gomez Shopping and Berengaria.
Your participation in the events of discovery of America was decisive. By decree of Ferdinand and Isabella, recruitment and was heading out on that site, and Palos organized the entire operation of the "great journey". The three ships left the port of Palos on August 3, 1492, and returned to the same port on a sunny March 15, 1493. America was discovered.
Palos is thus the cradle of the "Discovery". This is where Christopher Columbus was able to organize your trip with the invaluable help of the Pinzon brothers, born in Palos and universal concerning the discovery of America.
Palos has several buildings of great cultural interest, the Monastery of La Rabida, an important social and cultural relations with Latin America. We should also refer to his castle, the house finch, the church of St. George and the Fontanilla, an interesting Mudejar fountain, where three ships filled their holds water for so long a journey.
Places of interest
Church of St. George, the fifteenth century. Mudejar style and where Columbus attended Mass before beginning his historic trip in 1492.
Monastery of La Rabida. Where Columbus got support of the monks for their trip, so did hearing before Ferdinand and Isabella to finance his proposal.
Botanical Park "José Celestino Mutis".
Mudejar fountain "La Fontanilla" National Monument.
House and Museum Martin Alonso Pinzon (XVI century). Restored in the eighteenth century and documents, reproductions of maps, ship models, portraits, a library and a large collection of documents on the Pinzon brothers, owners and supporters of the discovery of America.
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Celebrations:
Easter week
Martin Alonso Pinzon Day, March 15
Fiestas de San Jorge, April 23. Palos pattern procession through the streets of the town
Commemoration of the discovery, on August 3, in memory of the departure of Christopher Columbus
Festivities of Our Lady of Miracles, August, ending with a procession on the last weekend of August and transfer of the Virgin to the Monastery of La Rabida
Commemoration of the discovery of America, October 12
For more information: http://www.palosfrontera.com/
