Monasterio de la Victoria, Province of Cadiz
| Monasterio de la Victoria | |
|---|---|
| Native name Spanish: Iglesia de la Prisión Central | |
 | |
| Location | El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain |
| Coordinates | 36°36′20.38″N 6°13′2.88″W / 36.6056611°N 6.2174667°W |
| Official name | Iglesia de la Prisión Central, Iglesia del Monasterio de la Victoria |
| Type | Non-movable |
| Criteria | Monument |
| Designated | 1978-12-29 |
| Reference no. | (R.I.) - 51 - 0004322 - 00000 |
  Location of Monasterio de la Victoria in Spain | |
Monasterio de la Victoria is a former monastery located in El Puerto de Santa María, province of Cádiz, southern Spain. It was built in the 16th century by Dukes of Medinaceli. The buildings housed a prison between 1886 and 1981.
During the Second Spanish Republic, the Civil War and Franco's Dictatorship, the Monastery was used as a prison. During and after the civil war, it housed political prisoners such as Ramón Rubial, then president of the Socialist Party and Eleuterio Sánchez, AKA el Lute.
References[edit]
See also[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Monastery of la Victoria, Puerto de Santa María.
 | This article about a building or structure in the Province of Cádiz is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Buildings and structures in El Puerto de Santa María
- Monasteries in Andalusia
- Defunct prisons in Spain
- 16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain
- Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Cádiz
- Christian monasteries established in the 16th century
- Province of Cádiz building and structure stubs
- Andalusia stubs