Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Sanlúcar de Barrameda , or more simply Sanlúcar is a city of the North-West of the Province of Cadiz, in the autonomous Communauté of Andalusia in the south of the Spain. Sanlúcar is located at the mouth of the Guadalquivir. Sanlúcar also borders the National park Doñana and is known for its seafood and its Manzanilla.

History

After the reconquest of Sanlúcar de Barrameda by Alphonse X of Castille in 1264, it is reconstituted at the 13th century, becoming with the S one of the most important commercial ports connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean.

Sanlúcar becomes a wearing of reference for various Conquistador S Spanish after the discovery of the Nouveau World by Christophe Colomb, which, the May 30th 1498 carries out the departure of its third voyage of Sanlúcar. Hernán the Cortes, future conquistador of Mexico, embarks him-also in Sanlúcar in 1504. Another historical departure, that of Ferdinand Magellan the August 10th 1519, with a fleet of five ships under its command, which after having left Seville and having travelled towards the south of Guadalquivir with Sanlúcar de Barrameda with the mouth of the river, where they remain more than five weeks. Alonso Fernández de Lugo, conquering islands of the the Canaries Palma (1492) and Tenerife (1495) and thereafter governor of these islands, was born in Sanlúcar.

It is in Sanlúcar de Barrameda that arrives the October 5th 1614 the Japanese embassy led by Tsunenaga Hasekura.

Demography

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