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26-669: Sanlúcar may refer to: Sanlúcar de Barrameda , a city in the Province of Cádiz, Spain Sanlúcar de Guadiana , a village in the Province of Huelva, Spain Sanlúcar la Mayor , a city in the Province of Seville, Spain Sanlúcar de Albaida, former name of the village of Albaida del Aljarafe , Seville, Spain Manolo Sanlúcar (1943–2022), Spanish flamenco guitarist Topics referred to by

52-416: A cityscape of intermixed historic buildings (monasteries, churches, etc.) and more modern ones. This part of the city developed at the beginning of the 20th century as the neighbourhood of the bourgeoisie and the aristocracy. Sanlúcar was then a popular beach resort; presently the people living in this area are generally linked to local wine-making interests and the tourist industry. Because of its position at

78-625: A protected nature reserve. In the mountain town of Almonaster la Real , the Visigothic-mosque church built in the first decades of the 10th century and whose mihrab is one of the oldest in Spain is one important turistic point. Of note is Huelva's recent classification of “rural tourism” for its interior mountain range. Huelva has 388 megawatts (MW) of wind power , 68 MW biomass power, and 66 MW of solar power . A 220 kilovolt transmission line has been constructed to send power to

104-513: Is 10,148 km² . Its population is 483,792 (2005), of whom about 30% live in the capital, and its population density is 47.67/km². It contains 79 municipalities . The economy is based on agriculture and mining . The famous Rio Tinto mines have been worked since before 1000 BC, and were the major source of copper for the Roman Empire . As an indication of the scope of ancient mining, sixteen million tons of Roman slag have been identified at

130-408: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sanl%C3%BAcar de Barrameda Sanlúcar de Barrameda ( Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈlukaɾ ðe βaraˈmeða] ), or simply Sanlúcar , is a city in the northwest of Cádiz province , part of the autonomous community of Andalucía in southern Spain . Sanlúcar is located on the left bank at

156-559: Is one of Spain's three better-known sherry -producing towns. (The other two are Jerez de la Frontera , for which sherry is named, and El Puerto de Santa María .) Although a seaside town, Sanlúcar de Barrameda is also home to the oldest horse races in Spain and some of the oldest in Europe . The races take place just before sunset along the beach at the mouth of the river Guadalquivir every August before thousands of spectators. Contested at distances of 1500 m and 1800 m, these were

182-652: The Casa de Contratación to the town of Cadiz in 1717, and the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. In the 19th century the economy of the city was converted to viticulture and summer tourism. The 20th century brought destruction and political upheaval as it did elsewhere in Spain during the Spanish Civil War . Sanlúcar was declared a Cultural Historical-artistic site in 1973. Since the restoration of democracy (1975–1982) its town council has borrowed heavily, making Sanlúcar

208-840: The Moors by King Alfonso X of Castile , it was reconstituted as the capital of the Señorío de Sanlúcar , and became during the 15th and 16th centuries one of the most important ports for trade connecting the Atlantic coast with the Mediterranean . After the discovery of the New World , Sanlúcar developed as a port for refitting ships, and was the point of departure for various Spanish conquistadors . On 30 May 1498 Christopher Columbus left for his third voyage from Sanlúcar (See Voyages of Christopher Columbus ). Another historical departure

234-715: The Pinar de la Bonanza Algaida and the marshes of the Guadalquivir , part of the Doñana Natural Park . Sanlúcar de Barrameda borders the municipalities of Trebujena , Jerez de la Frontera , Rota , Puerto de Santa María , and Chipiona . Its topography is shown in the MTN50 sheet (scale 1:50,000) No. 1047 of the National Topographic Map. In 1264, after Sanlúcar de Barrameda was seized from

260-548: The Roman mines. British companies resumed large-scale mining in 1873; the district is the namesake of the Rio Tinto Group . In the 21st century, municipalities such as Moguer , Palos de la Frontera , and Lepe , have witnessed the development of intensive water-demanding strawberry farming, which has elicited attention on the basis of alleged mispractices and abuses regarding the labor conditions of foreign workers and

286-482: The Spanish coast. The nuclei of Islantilla and Isla Canela are an example of this attempt to plan in a more coherent form. Although in a smaller scale in comparison to other regions, urban pressure continues. Previous developments that had little planning until recent time are El Rompido, El Portil, Mazagón and Matalascañas (Torre de la Higuera). Although Punta Umbría had its beginnings like pedanía de Cartaya, after

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312-466: The city with the lowest per capita income in Spain. Currently (2010) Sanlúcar is a summer tourist destination famous for its cuisine, especially manzanilla (a variety of fino sherry) and prawns. It is internationally renowned for beach horse racing and flamenco music. Less well known but equally important are the historical archives of the House of Medina Sidonia (Archivo de la Casa de Medina Sidonia) ;

338-405: The democratization of summer tourism, it began its urban development for its proximity to the capital and its location on the beach. Present development would not endure without tourist activity and its vacation housing. Other tourist areas are Nuevo Umbría, Nuevo Portil, Punta del Moral, La Antilla and Urbasur. The marismas de Isla Cristina , next to the towns of Ayamonte and Isla Cristina , are

364-600: The ecocidal depletion of water resources in Doñana . The province contains Palos de la Frontera , and Moguer , where Christopher Columbus sailed out of on his first voyage in 1492, and shares the Parque Nacional de Doñana , located mainly in Almonte . The historical population is given in the following chart: The delayed tourist development of the province has allowed better city planning than in other regions on

390-487: The famous Sanlúcar prawn). These two occupations were naturally concentrated in different parts of the town, and until the modernizing trends of the last few decades, there were marked distinctions between the people living in each area. People living near the sea, in the area known as Bajo de Guía , were almost exclusively dedicated to fishing. Now these same people combine fishing with managing restaurants that rely on fresh fish and shellfish for their menus. People living in

416-672: The first regulated horse races in Spain; the riders wear distinctive colours and caps. Other annual events include the Sanlúcar Tapas Fair, a local gastronomy competition; the Feria de la Manzanilla in late May, which is held at the beginning of the Noches de Bajo de Guía flamenco season; classical and jazz festivals; and the occasional concert by a major act. The city is also known for the Romería de El Rocío pilgrimage, one of

442-475: The higher elevations away from the sea, in a part of the town known as the Barrio Alto , formerly dedicated themselves exclusively to agriculture. However, with the advent of mechanisation this sector requires less manpower throughout the year, and most farm workers now work only seasonally during the grape harvest, in the so-called "sherry triangle". The centre of Sanlúcar developed as a commercial hub, with

468-528: The major part of the patrimony of the House of Medina Sidonia is located in the palace of the same name. The patron saint of the city is Our Lady of Charity , to whom it was dedicated in 1917. Concerning the etymology of both names, there is no consensus among scholars, but several hypotheses have been advanced: Sanlúcar de Barrameda is located on the Atlantic coast of the autonomous community of Andalusia, in

494-724: The more popular expressions of the Roman Catholic faith; it can be compared to the pilgrimages to Santiago or Lourdes . Sanlúcar has had since ancient times a popular taste for bullfighting and has given the world of bullfighting several well-known bullfighters including Manuel Hermosilla y Llanera, José Martínez Ahumada ("Limeño") , Francisco Ojeda González ("Paco" Ojeda), Julio Vega Rodríguez ("Marismeño"), José Luis Parada, and Manuel Rodríguez Blanco ("El Manguin"). People in Sanlúcar historically worked primarily in agriculture (mainly viticulture ) and fishing (especially for

520-622: The mouth of the Guadalquivir River opposite the Doñana National Park , 52 km from the provincial capital Cádiz and 119 km from Sevilla capital of the autonomous region Andalucía. Its population is 68,656 inhabitants ( National Institute of Statistics 2019 ). Sanlúcar has been inhabited since ancient times, and is assumed to have belonged to the realm of the Tartessian civilization. The town of San Lucar

546-625: The mouth of the Guadalquivir, Sanlúcar is a convenient home base for exploring the nearby Doñana National Park (Parque Nacional de Doñana) and its natural features. Within the park lies the Marisma de Hinojos (Salt Marsh of Fennel Plants); also within its precincts is the possible site of the legendary lost city of Tartessos , the capital of an ancient civilization that predated the Phoenicians in Iberia . Province of Huelva Its area

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572-575: The province of Cadiz, specifically on the left side of the mouth of the Guadalquivir River, which separates the provinces of Huelva and Seville . The municipality covers an area of 174.3 km with 6 km of beaches. The city is part of the tourist area known as the Costa de la Luz (Coast of the Light), about 44 km from the provincial capital of Cádiz. This includes the marshes of

598-413: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sanlúcar . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanlúcar&oldid=1107103342 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

624-514: The world. Alonso Fernández de Lugo , conqueror of the Canary Islands , of La Palma (1492) and Tenerife (1495), and subsequently the governor of the islands, was born in Sanlúcar. The ill-fated expedition to Florida led by Pánfilo de Narváez left from Sanlúcar on 17 June 1527. Only four members survived including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca who described the expedition in his work Naufragios. Sights include: Sanlúcar de Barrameda

650-402: Was granted to the Spanish nobleman Alonso Pérez de Guzmán in 1297. Its strategic location made the city a starting point for the exploration, colonization and evangelization of America between the 15th and 17th centuries. Sanlúcar lost much of its strategic value after 1645 because of the disgrace of the House of Medina Sidonia , the general decline of Spain under Charles II, the relocation of

676-486: Was that of Ferdinand Magellan on 10 August 1519, who with a fleet of five ships under his command left Seville and traveled down the Guadalquivir to Sanlúcar de Barrameda at its mouth, where they remained more than five weeks. Sanlúcar also witnessed the arrival in 1522 of the last surviving ship of Magellan's expedition, the Nao Victoria commanded by Juan Sebastián Elcano , which was the first ship to circumnavigate

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