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Hotel Monasterio San Miguel was
a former convent of the Cappuccinos, built in Sevillian Baroque style in
1733, by order of Don Luis de Salcedo y Azcona, the Archbishop of
Seville. It is in the heart of the Puerto de Santa Maria de la Cruz, a
city to the north of Cádiz (capital of this province). The prior
settlement in this same location was the ancient Monastery, the port
cited by Tolomeo, believed to have been destroyed during the Moslem
invasion and later conquered by Fernando III (1250). It was Alfonso X
who brought people back to live here in 1264 after fortifying the city.
Since then, the new name of this town is Puerto de Santa Maria. And the
Monasterio San Miguel, located right in the center of the town, is today
a first class hotel with fine rooms and suites, all in keeping with the
eighteenth century architecture. Nothing has been modernized per say in
Monasterio San Miguel, except the addition of a bathroom in every room
and the air conditioning, which is absolutely necessary in summer,
specially in this part of Spain, being so far down South. The location of
Monasterio San Miguel is very convenient and strategical to visit a lot
of Andalucía. |
