Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Jerez de la Frontera

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: City of sherry wine

A city of the Crown of Castile, in the Kingdom of Seville since 1264, which the conquest of Granada and the discovery of America made one of the most prosperous in Andalusia. Under Philip II it had about 25,000 inhabitants, and in the 18th century modernisation and the wine cellars made its wines famous. The French occupied it from 4 February 1810 to 26 August 1812.

What to see today

Catedral de Jerez de la Frontera (Iglesia colegial del Salvador): Cathedral, 1695 to 1778
Palacio de Campo Real (Palacio de Benavente): Palace, 1545 to 1785
Antigua Casa del Cabildo (Cabildo Viejo) (Casa del Cabildo): Public building, 1575
Palacio de Villavicencio, en el Alcázar de Jerez (Palacio de Villavicencio): Palace, c. 1664 to 1800
Palacio del Conde de los Andes (Palacio del Virrey Laserna): Palace, 18th century
Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced (Iglesia del convento de la Merced): Church, c. 1548 to 1700
Cartuja de Jerez de la Frontera (Cartuja de Santa María de la Defensión): Monastery, 1475 to 1667

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