Habsburg and Bourbon Spain
Huelva
Today: Spain
- Years
- 1492–1833
- Role
- Town of the Medina Sidonia, provincial capital in 1833
Huelva, a town under the lordship of the House of Medina Sidonia until 1812, was left out of the American trade in favour of Cádiz and Seville, and the plague of 1650 took almost half of its people. The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 damaged most of its buildings, above all its churches, and the city was rebuilt, growing fast; in 1833 it became a provincial capital. From the period there remain the church of the Purísima Concepción, of 1515, and, a few kilometres away, the monastery of La Rábida.
What to see today
- Monasterio de La Rábida (Monasterio de Santa María de la Rábida): Monastery, 17th to 18th century
- Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Granada: Church, 1776 to 1783
- Parroquia de la Purísima Concepción (Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción): Church, 1515 to 1793
- Casa Museo Zenobia y Juan Ramón Jiménez (Casa de la calle Nueva): Palace, 18th century
- Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Merced (Iglesia del convento de la Merced): Cathedral, 1605 to 1877