| Monuments
Huelva claims to be a 'flamenco
capital', however several of the city's splendid old buildings and monuments
remain, including the 15th century Church of San Pedro, built on the site
of a mosque; the Shrine of Nuestra Senora de la Cinta and, last but not
least, the home of Christopher Columbus next to his commemorative monument.
Wander around the atmospheric barrio Reina Victoria Alonso or visit the
Alonso Sanchez park which affords attractive views of the city. Other points
of
interest in the city include the Muelle del Tinto docks, built at the beginning
of the century to load Huelva's mineral exports; the Conquero lookout and
the provincial museum.
Provincial Museum.
(959 259300). Calle Alameda Sundheim 13 - Houses an impressive archaeological
collection with exhibits which range from the early Stone Age to Muslim
times. There's abundant Tartessos culture material, a reconstruction of
a celtic house and plenty of stuff on the province's mining history including
a huge Roman water wheel found at Minas de Rio Tinto.
Barrio Reino Victoria.
Just off the eastern end of Alamdeda Sundeim, was built by the British
Rio Tinot mining company in 1917 for its workers. Its straight streets
of cute little cottages, in a kind of hybrid English-Spanish style, make
for a curious stroll.
Rio Tinto Pier. A
fine iron pier curving out into the Odiel estuary about half a kilometre
south of the port. It was built for the Rio Tinto company in the 1870's
by Geoge Barclay Bruce, a British disciple of tower specialist Gustave
Eiffel.
Santuario de Nuestra Senora
de la Cinta. This chapel is located 2 kms north of the city centre
off Avenida de Manuel Siurot was visited by Columbus before he embarked
on his momentous voyage and this event was portrayed in tiles by artist,
Daniel Zuloaga. |
