Vejer de la Frontera

Vejer de la Frontera is an Andalusian town in the province of Cádiz in southern Spain. It is 9 km from the coast on a high plateau, 50 km southeast of the provincial capital Cádiz. The center of the town is completely surrounded by a wall.

Population

Attractions

  • Historic townscape with about two kilometers long city wall, four city gates and three towers
  • Castillo: the former Moorish castle from the 10th/11th. Century was built on the highest point of the old town. In the 14-15. Century the Christian castle was built there in the 19th century. changed.
  • The Casa Mayorazgo is a baroque building from the 18th century.
  • The parish church of Divino Salvador from the 14th century has been extended from the end of the 16th century in the late Gothic style.
  • The Iglesia del Convento de la Concepción ( monastery church ) was built from 1552; she has a Renaissance portal.
  • Southwest dominates the Cape Trafalgar (Cabo Trafalgar ) in the Atlantic Ocean.

Looking through the Schwibbbögen Divino Salvador Church on the Town

La Cobijada: Monument to the usual in the region up to 1939 full-face veil Christian women

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