Monasterio de la Victoria, Province of Cadiz explained

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.

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