Monasterio de la Victoria | |
Native Name: | Iglesia de la Prisión Central |
Native Language: | Spanish |
Coordinates: | 36.6057°N -6.2175°W |
Location: | El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain |
Designation1: | Spain |
Designation1 Offname: | Iglesia de la Prisión Central, Iglesia del Monasterio de la Victoria |
Designation1 Type: | Non-movable |
Designation1 Criteria: | Monument |
Designation1 Date: | 1978-12-29 |
Designation1 Number: | (R.I.) - 51 - 0004322 - 00000 |
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.