Chiclana Places of Interest

The interior of this temple, you can enjoy a display of painting, emphasizing two beautiful paintings by Zurbaran, Santa Cecilia and Santa Catalina. It also hangs the portrait of the image of the Patron of the city, San Juan Bautista, which dates from the eighteenth century, the image of Our Lady of the Rosary in 1603 and a carving of San Jose del imaging Francisco de Villegas.

Another interesting piece is a carving of St. Michael the Archangel of Genoese origin.
The Church of the Holy Trinity of the seventeenth century is built on an earlier chapel dedicated to San Telmo a patron of sailors and fishermen and was patronised by the guilds of the time.

Inside there is the baroque altarpiece and the image of the Patroness of the city, the Virgen de los Remedios, founded in the sixteenth century in Los Palmaretes and Pope Benedict XV was declared the Official Patron of the City of Chiclana de la border on July 12, 1916. The eighteenth century saw the Town and Municipal tena as the patron.

Also interesting is the procession of Jesus Humility and Patience, a seventeenth-century Baroque piece thought produced by Thomas Badillo. Other works of art that can be seen in this church are the images of San Miguel and San Rafael, located on the opulent altarpiece of the church.

Both works are clear Genoese of origin and the main altarpiece is attributed by some experts to Alejandro Acosta.Otras whose artistic images are revered in the church as the Virgin of Tears and Hope which stand on the seventeenth century altarpiece under the title of Sorrows.

San Antonio Co-Patron of Chiclana de la Frontera, the Holy Trinity and the establishment of the Immaculate Mulato as a disciple of Murillo.

The Parish of San Sebastian in the sixteenth century is situated next to the bridge of Remedios. There is a monument to the illustrious priest Chiclanero Antonio Cabrera. This church has undergone several renovations throughout its history, and retains an amazing display of sculpture.

The highlighted images of St. Sebastian and Our Lady of Mount Caramel Co-Patroness of Chiclana de la Frontera, who on each July 16^th are part of a procession through the streets of the city. This image is created by an anonymous author of the seventeenth century.

The Convento de Jesus Nazareno, in the seventeenth century, was founded by Mother Antonia de Jesus in the year 1666. It is one of the main baroque churches in the province of Cadiz, including the home of Genoese marble.

Inside there is the procession of Jesus Nazareno of the sixteenth century. At the closing of the convent the portrait of the Divine Indiano, a carving of American origin in the seventeenth century was donated by a wealthy gaditano to head the altarpiece of the church.

The Chapel of Santa Ana, Torcuato Cayon was built in the eighteenth century and it is a unique octagonal chapel, surrounded by a portico arcade ochava. Inside it displays the image of the Virgin and Santa Ana Child, carved by the Genoese Giscardi Sunday in the eighteenth century.

The Parish of St. John the Baptist, Church Mayor of the eighteenth century is one of the most important works of the neoclassical period in Cadiz. Designed by Torcuato Cayon and completed by his pupil and godson Benjumeda Torcuato.

It is built on a fifteenth-century former church that was in ruins, but it still retains a Flemish altarpiece of the high altar by Roque Balduque, The Deposition of Christ.

Civil Architecture

The Castillo de Sancti Petri, is built on the site of the West's most famous temple, where according to legend, the Phoenicians built a temple dedicated to the god Hercules Melkart.

In the thirteenth century the fortress was built except for the tower in which the beacon of Sancti Petri stands which dates from the sixteenth century. It was a defensive zone during the Spanish War of Independence.

Chiclanera from the coast is one of the monuments represented in the shield of the city, held by two lions. For several years, Chiclana and the nearby San Fernando had disputes over the possession of the island of Sancti Petri, the latter getting legal recognition after a ruling from the courts.

The Clock Tower dates from the eighteenth century. It was built to house the bell in the Parish of San Juan Bautista. The Torre Bermeja is a defensive tower which is located on the cliff that separates the Sancti Petri beach of Barrosa.

The Torre del Puerco is a defensive tower built, like the Torre Bermeja and was part of the Battle of Barrosa, which took place during the Spanish War of Independence, on the March 5, 1811. In this battle, the French troops were defeated by the Spanish and English

The Consistoriales Houses in the historic center of Chiclana de la Frontera, one can see a large cross section of Elizabethan architecture, with houses that had belonged to the nobility and upper middle class who enjoyed wealth derived from trade with America in Cadiz.

Among these is the Palace of Retortillo an eighteenth-century neoclassical building. El Palacio del Conde del Pinar dates from the eighteenth century, like the Palace of the Count of Five Towers. The City Council building of the twentieth century was the first building constructed with reinforced concrete in Spain, and the site was the house of Don Alejandro Risso, dating from the eighteenth century.