Antiguo Monasterio de la Victoria, Gothic monastery and former prison in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain
The monastery features a church with eight side chapels, pointed vaults, a bell tower, and a two-story cloister with cruciform galleries.
The Dukes of Medinaceli constructed this monastery in 1504, and it served as their family pantheon until its transformation into a prison in 1886.
The building operated as a central penitentiary from 1886 to 1981, holding notable prisoners including Socialist Party president Ramón Rubial and Eleuterio Sánchez.
The monastery received Cultural Heritage status in 1978 and now hosts official ceremonies and cultural events in El Puerto de Santa María.
The church structure incorporates flying buttresses instead of standard buttresses, an uncommon architectural choice for buildings of that period in Spain.
Location: El Puerto de Santa María
GPS coordinates: 36.60566,-6.21747
Latest update: March 18, 2025 18:54
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