Monasterio de la Victoria, Province of Cadiz
Monasterio de la Victoria | |
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Native name Spanish: Iglesia de la Prisión Central | |
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Location | El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain |
Coordinates | 36°36′20.38″N 6°13′2.88″W / 36.6056611°N 6.2174667°W |
Official name | Iglesia de la Prisión Central, Iglesia del Monasterio de la Victoria |
Type | Non-movable |
Criteria | Monument |
Designated | 1978-12-29 |
Reference no. | (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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