Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Rio Tinto rivers. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 145,150 inhabitants. Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: Huelva ... Huelva province Huelva is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ... For other uses, see Andalusia (disambiguation). ... The term Gulf of Cadiz refers to the coastal part of the Atlantic Ocean between, roughly, the Portugese city of Faro and the Spanish city of Cádiz. ... Photograph of Tinto River. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ...

Situation and History

Queen Victoria Neighborhood

A maritime town between the rivers Anas (modern Guadiana) and Baetis (modern Guadalquivir), it was seated on the estuary of the river Luxia (modern Odiel), and on the road from the mouth of the Anas to Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida). (Itin. Ant. p. 431.) Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 340 pixelsFull resolution (3959 × 1681 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 340 pixelsFull resolution (3959 × 1681 pixel, file size: 1. ... Guadiana (Latin Anas, Spanish Guadiana, Portuguese Guadiana) - one of the major rivers of Spain, part of it is the border with Portugal, ends in the Atlantic Ocean. ... The Guadalquivir is the second longest river in Spain (after the Tagus). ... Mérida is the capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. ... The Antonine Itinerary is a Latin document that can be described as the Road Map of Roman Britain. ...

The city may be the site of Tartessus; by the Phoenicians it was called Onoba. The Greeks kept the name and rendered it Ὄνοβα. It was in the hands of the Turdetani at the time of conquest by Rome, and before the conquest it issued silver coins with Iberian legends. It was called both Onoba Aestuaria (Greek: Ὄνοβα Αἰστουάρια, Ptol., ii. 4. § 5) or Onuba (used on coinage) during Roman times, or, simply, Onoba (Strabo, iii. p. 143, Mela, iii. 1. § 5). The city was incorporated into the Roman province of Hispania Baetica. The Arabs then called it Walbah. It suffered substantial damage in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Tartessos (also Tartessus) was a harbor city on the south coast of Spain, at the mouth of the Guadalquivir. ... Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal plain of what is now Lebanon and Syria. ... The Turdetani were an ancient (Pre-Roman) people of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Hispania), living in what was to become the Roman Province of Hispania Baetica (modern Andalusia in todays Spain). ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5... This article is about the geographer, mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy. ... The Greek geographer Strabo in a 16th century engraving. ... For Mela Festivals today, see Mela Festival. ... Roman province of Hispania Baetica, 120 CE In Hispania, which in Greek is called Iberia, there were three Imperial Roman provinces, Hispania Baetica in the south, Lusitania, corresponding to modern Portugal, in the west, and Hispania Tarraconensis in the north and northeast. ... Languages Arabic other minority languages Religions Predominantly Sunni Islam, as well as Shia Islam, Greek Orthodoxy, Greek Catholicism, Roman Catholicism, Alawite Islam, Druzism, Ibadi Islam, and Judaism Footnotes a Mainly in Antakya. ... This 1755 copper engraving shows the ruins of Lisbon in flames and a tsunami overwhelming the ships in the harbor. ...

There are still some Roman remains, especially of an aqueduct. The city had a mint; and many coins have been found there bearing the name of the town as Onuba. (Florez. Med. ii. pp. 510, 649; Mionnet, i. p. 23, Suppl. p. 39; Sestini, Med. Isp. p. 75, ap. Ukert, vol. ii. pt. 1. p. 340.)

Modern Huelva

Tropical Depression Vince made landfall just off the coast of Huelva in October 2005, making it the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Spain, but no injuries or damage were reported. The NHCs archive on Hurricane Vince. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cyclone Catarina, a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone viewed from the International Space Station on March 26, 2004 Hurricane and Typhoon redirect here. ...

The local football (soccer) team, Recreativo de Huelva, is the oldest in Spain; it was founded in 1889. Real Club Recreativo de Huelva is a Spanish football team formed on December 23, 1889. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

An excellent place for hiding things

Christopher Columbus

Among the attractions to visit in this province are the Columbus sites . These sites include the city of Huelva itself, Moguer, Palos de la Frontera, and the Rábida Monastery. La Rábida is where Columbus sought the aid of the Franciscan brothers in advancing his project of discovery. They introduced him to local rich sailors (the Pinzón brothers), and, eventually, arranged a meeting in Seville with Ferdinand and Isabella. Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and colonialist who is one of the first Europeans to discover the Americas, after the Vikings. ... Map of Moguer, Huelva Moguer is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Location of Palos de la Frontera Municipality Huelva Government  - Mayor Carmelo Romero Hernández Area  - City 50 km²  (19. ... La Rábida La Rábida Monastery (in full, Monasterio de Santa María de la Rábida) is a Franciscan monastery in the town of Palos de la Frontera, in the province of Huelva and the autonomous region of Andalusia, Spain. ... Biography The Pinzon brothers were born in the town of Palos de la Frontera, Spain. ... Ferdinand V of Castile & II of Aragon the Catholic (Spanish: , Catalan: , Aragonese: ; March 10, 1452 – January 23, 1516) was king of Aragon (1479–1516), Castile, Sicily (1468–1516), Naples (1504–1516), Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona. ... Isabella of Castile (Spanish: Ysabel, Isabel or Isabela) (22 April 1451 - 26 November 1504) was queen of Castile. ...

Thanks to those meetings, Christopher was able to arrange his first voyage, using resources and local crew (including ship captains). There is a persistent legend that Columbus received advice on how best to undertake a western passage by speaking with Alonso Sánchez, a sailor from the city of Huelva. Alonso Sánchez (also known as Alonso Sánchez de Huelva) was a fifteenth-century mariner and merchant born in Huelva, Spain, on Andalusias Atlantic coast. ...

In the Huelva area, Columbus exchanged ideas, explored competing theories, and, after a time, put together the political and economic support that had been previously denied to him by other European monarchies.

Places to visit

Statue of the Pinzón Brothers in Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, Spaim

• Avenida Andalucía
• Barrio Reina Victoria (Barrio Obrero - Workers' District) photos
• Bulevar de la Avenida Andalucía photos
• Cabezo Del Conquero photos
• Capilla de la Soledad
• Casa Colón, House of Christopher Columbus photos
• Casa del Millón photos
• Cathedral of La Merced [1] (Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Merced) photos
• Cementario de la Soledad, holds the body of William Martin, a supposed naval commander, known as 'The Man Who Never Was'
• Ciudad Deportiva (Sports) photos
• Clínica Sanz de Frutos, the former Conservatorio de Música
• Cocheras de Locomotoras, Cocheras del Puerto photos
• Columbus Trail [2] Across the Río Tinto estuary from Huelva, the monastery of La Rábida and the villages of Palos and Moguer are all places connected with the voyages of Columbus to the New World.
• Conservatorio de Música
• Convent of San Francisco
• Convento de las Agustinas photos
• Corpus Christi Hospital, converted into a theatre
• Ermita de la Soledad photos
• Estación de Sevilla photos
• Nuevo Colombino stadium photos
• Gran Teatro, on Calle Vásquez López photos
• Humilladero de la Cinta photos
• Iglesia de la Concepción photos
• Iglesia de la Milagrosa photos
• Iglesia de San Pedro [3]
• Jardines de la Avenida Andalucía photos
• Jardines de la Casa Colón
• Jardines de Muelle, well-kept gardens located near the port, bordered on all sides by busy roads, with a statue of Alonso Sánchez photos
• Monasterio de Santa María de la Rábida [4], located seven kilometres south of Huelva city where the Tinto and Odiel rivers meet.
• Monastery of Santa Clara
• Monumento a Cristobal Colón, a huge monument of Christopher Columbus situated at the Punta de Sebo, overlooking the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers
• Monumento a la Fe Descubridora (Monument to the Faith Discoverer) photo
• Muelle de Levante photos
• Muelle de Mineral (Mineral wharf)
• Muelle de Riotinto photo
• Museo de Huelva [5]
• Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes
• Palacio de Los Deportes (Sports Palace) photos
• Palacio de Mora Claros photos
• Palacio Municipal de Huelva (Ayuntamiento), city council building photos
• Palos de la Frontera [6], small village on the River Tinto 10km upstream from Huelva City, this is where in 1492 Columbus Set sail westwards and discovered America
• Parque Alonso Sánchez, a park in the city center consisting of three hills with panoramic views photos
• Parque Moret, major park which houses the sports centre photos
• Parroquia Mayor de San Pedro (Greater Parish of San Pedro) photos
• Paseo Santa Fe y Antiguo Mercado photos
• Plaza 12 de Octubre
• Plaza de las Monjas (Monjas Square) photos
• Plaza de Toros photos
• Polideportivos y Pistas Municipales (sports) photos
• Port Office
• Provincial Museum
• Punta Umbría, [7] the closest beach resort to the City of Huelva
• Queen Victoria Workers' Quarter
• Santuario de Nuestra Señora Virgen de La Cinta [8]photos, a chapel where Columbus is said to have prayed before setting sail

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Events

• Carnaval, fiesta
• Festival de Cine [9]
• Fiestas Colombinas, fiesta first week of August
• Fiestas de la Cinta, between 3rd - 8th September
• San Sebastián, festival Jan 20th
• Semana Santa (Easter Week)
• Virgen de la Cinta, fiesta September 8

Nearby

Near Huelva lay Herculis Insula, mentioned by Strabo (iii. p. 170), called Ἡράκλεια by Steph. B. (s. v.), now Isla Saltés. The Greek geographer Strabo in a 16th century engraving. ... Stephanus Byzantinus (Stephanus of Byzantium), the author of a geographical dictionary entitled Εθνικα (Ethnica), of which, apart from some fragments, we possess only the meagre epitome of one Hermolaus. ...

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1857).

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See also

• Andalusia
• Costa de la Luz

For other uses, see Andalusia (disambiguation). ... The Costa de la Luz (Coast of Light) is a section of the Spanish coast facing the Atlantic Ocean, extending from Tarifa, at the southernmost tip of Spain, north and northwestward, to the mouth of the Guadiana River. ...

External links

• Huelva - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
• City of Huelva Andalucia Destination
• Huelva municipal government Official Website (Spanish)
  • City Street Guide [10]
• Huelva Hoy Daily Events in Spanish
• Huelva Cultura in Spanish
• Port Authority of Huelva Official web page with information about the port, its history and technical characteristics.
• Maps [11][12][13]
• Local Writers [14] in Spanish
• Santa Bárbara de casa Huelva
• Adrian Fletcher’s Paradoxplace - Convento de la Rábida Photo and History page

v • d • e Municipalities of Huelva

Aljaraque · Almonaster la Real · Almonte · Alosno · Alájar · Aracena · Aroche · Arroyomolinos de León · Ayamonte · Beas · Berrocal · Bollullos Par del Condado · Bonares · Cabezas Rubias · Cala · Calañas · Campofrío · Cartaya · Castaño del Robledo · Cañaveral de León · Chucena · Corteconcepción · Cortegana · Cortelazor · Cumbres Mayores · Cumbres de Enmedio · Cumbres de San Bartolomé · El Almendro · El Campillo · El Cerro de Andévalo · El Granado · Encinasola · Escacena del Campo · Fuenteheridos · Galaroza · Gibraleón · Higuera de la Sierra · Hinojales · Hinojos · Huelva · Isla Cristina · Jabugo · La Granada de Río-Tinto · La Nava · La Palma del Condado · Lepe · Linares de la Sierra · Los Marines · Lucena del Puerto · Manzanilla · Minas de Riotinto · Moguer · Nerva · Niebla · Palos de la Frontera · Paterna del Campo · Paymogo · Puebla de Guzmán · Puerto Moral · Punta Umbría · Rociana del Condado · Rosal de la Frontera · San Bartolomé de la Torre · San Juan del Puerto · San Silvestre de Guzmán · Sanlúcar de Guadiana · Santa Ana la Real · Santa Bárbara de Casa · Santa Olalla del Cala · Trigueros · Valdelarco · Valverde del Camino · Villablanca · Villalba del Alcor · Villanueva de las Cruces · Villanueva de los Castillejos · Villarrasa · Zalamea la Real · Zufre

Coordinates: 37°15′N, 6°57′W Huelva province Huelva is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ... Location of Aljaraque Municipality Huelva  - Mayor Juan Manuel Orta Area    - City 34 km²  (13. ... Location of Almonaster la Real Municipality Huelva  - Mayor Francisco García Ruiz Area    - City 322 km²  (124. ... Location of Almonte Municipality Huelva  - Mayor Francisco Bella Galán Area    - City 861 km²  (332. ... Flag Seal Location Location of Alosno Government Municipality Huelva Mayor Juan Manuel Orta Prieto Geographical characteristics Area     City 193 km²     Land   193 km²     Water   0. ... Location of Alájar Municipality Huelva  - Mayor Salvador Navarro Sánchez Area    - City 41 km²  (15. ... Location of Aracena Municipality Huelva Government  - Mayor Manuel Guerra González Area  - City 184 km²  (71 sq mi)  - Land 184 km² (71 sq mi)  - Water 0. ... Location of Aroche Municipality Huelva  - Mayor José Antonio Muñiz Carrasco Area    - City 499 km²  (192. ... Location of Arroyomolinos de León Municipality Huelva  - Mayor Juan Manuel Ginés Dorado Area    - City 87 km²  (33. ... Location Location of Ayamonte Coordinates : Time Zone : General information Native name Ayamonte (Spanish) Spanish name Ayamonte Postal code 21400 Website http://www. ... Map of Beas, Huelva Beas is a municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Location of Berrocal Municipality Huelva  - Mayor Juan Jesús Bermejo Delgado Area    - City 126 km²  (48. ... Location of Bollullos Par del Condado Municipality Huelva  - Mayor Juan Carlos Sánchez Álvarez Area    - City 50 km²  (19. ... Location of Bonares Municipality Huelva Mayor Juan Coronel Martín Area    - City 66 km²  - Land 66 km²  - Water 0. ... Location of Cabezas Rubias Municipality Huelva Mayor Esteban Naranjo Borrero Area    - City 109 km²  - Land 109 km²  - Water 0. ... Map of Cala, Huelva Cala is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Calañas, Huelva Calañas is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Campofrío, Huelva Campofrío is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Location of Cartaya Municipality Huelva  - Mayor Juan Antonio Millán Area    - City 226 km²  (87. ... Map of Castaño del Robledo, Huelva Castaño del Robledo is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Cañaveral de León, Huelva Cañaveral de León is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Chucena, Huelva Chucena is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Corteconcepción, Huelva Corteconcepción is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Cortegana, Huelva Cortegana is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Cortelazor, Huelva Cortelazor is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Cumbres Mayores, Huelva Cumbres Mayores is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Cumbres de Enmedio, Huelva Cumbres de Enmedio is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Location of Cumbres de San Bartolomé Municipality Huelva  - Mayor Rafael Gómez Sánchez Area    - City 145 km²  (56 sq mi)  - Land 145 km² (56 sq mi)  - Water 0. ... El Almendro is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of El Campillo, Huelva El Campillo es un municipio de la provincia de huelvaHuelva, Spain. ... Map of El Cerro de Andévalo, Huelva El Cerro de Andévalo is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Encinasola, Huelva Encinasola is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Escacena del Campo, Huelva Escacena del Campo is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Galaroza, Huelva Galaroza is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Gibraleón, Huelva Gibraleón is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Higuera de la Sierra, Huelva Higuera de la Sierra is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Hinojos, Huelva Hinojos is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Location of Isla Cristina Municipality Huelva  - Mayor Francisco Zamudio Medero Area    - City 50 km²  (19. ... Map of Jabugo, Huelva Jabugo is a city located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of La Palma del Condado, Huelva La Palma del Condado is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Lepe is a small Spanish city in the province of Huelva in Andalusia. ... Map of Lucena del Puerto, Huelva Lucena del Puerto is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Manzanilla, Huelva Manzanilla is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Minas de Ríotinto is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Moguer, Huelva Moguer is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Nerva, Huelva Nerva is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Niebla, Huelva Niebla is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Location of Palos de la Frontera Municipality Huelva Government  - Mayor Carmelo Romero Hernández Area  - City 50 km²  (19. ... Map of Paterna del Campo, Huelva Paterna del Campo is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Paymogo, Huelva Paymogo is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Puebla de Guzmán, Huelva Puebla de Guzmán is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Location of Punta Umbría Municipality Huelva  - Mayor José Carlos Hernández Area    - City 38 km²  (14. ... San Juan del Puerto, Spain is a municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Sacred Bárbara de Casa is among the 37° 48 ` north latitude and the 7° 11 ` longitude west, in the district of the Western Andévalo (Huelva - Andalusia), occupying a surface of 14. ... Location of Santa Olalla del Cala Municipality Huelva  - Mayor Pedro Cordero Moreno Area    - City 204 km²  (78. ... Map of Villarrasa, Huelva Villarrasa is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Zalamea la Real, Huelva Zalamea la Real is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... Map of Zufre, Huelva Zufre is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. ... 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