Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Ferrol

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Town and capital of the northern Maritime Department

Ferrol was a town reduced in 1603 to fewer than a hundred households when, in 1726, Philip V ordered the shipyards of northern Spain to be set up on its estuary, and in 1749 Ferdinand VI made it capital of the Maritime Department. The Arsenal brought an Enlightenment town of new plan, the Nuevo Ferrol, laid out from 1761 under Charles III, and on 25 August 1800 it withstood an English attack. Under Ferdinand VII it declined and lost the title of capital; it was not a city until 1858.

What to see today

Monasterio de Santa María de Monfero (Monasterio de Monfero): Monastery, c. 1574 to 1716
Arsenal Militar de Ferrol (Arsenal de Ferrol): Arsenal, c. 1750 to 1790
Mosteiro de Santa Catalina de Montefaro (Monasterio de Santa Catalina de Montefaro): Monastery, 18th century
Castillo de San Felipe: Fort, c. 1557 to 1755
Batería de Punta Viñas: Battery, 1739 to 1762

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