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[[File:Puerta de Jerez, Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz, España, 2015-12-08, DD 17.JPG|150px|thumb|left|City Gate Puerta de Jerez in Arcos de la Frontera.]]
[[File:Puerta de Jerez, Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz, España, 2015-12-08, DD 17.JPG|150px|thumb|left|City Gate Puerta de Jerez in Arcos de la Frontera.]]
[[File:Convento de la Encarnación, Arcos de la Frontera.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Plateresque portal of early-16th c. Convento de la Encarnación and 17th c. buttresses in alley Callejón de las Monjas.]]
[[File:Convento de la Encarnación, Arcos de la Frontera.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Plateresque portal of early-16th c. Convento de la Encarnación and 17th c. buttresses in alley Callejón de las Monjas.]]
* ''Castillo de Arcos ''(11th-15th-century castle)
* ''Castillo de Arcos'' (11th-15th-century castle), a medieval castle of Moorish origin, rebuilt almost entirely in the first half of 15th century. Currently it is a private property, it is not open to the public.
* ''Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María de la Asunción'', a church built between the 14th and 16th centuries
* ''Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María de la Asunción'', a church built between the 14th and 16th centuries
* Convent of ''San Agustín'' (15th-17th centuries)
* Convent of ''San Agustín'' (15th-17th centuries)
* Church of ''San Pedro ''(15th-17th centuries)
* Church of ''San Pedro ''(15th-17th centuries)
* Ayuntamiento (17th-century city hall)
* Ayuntamiento (City Hall), 17th-century.
* Iglesia de San Francisco (church built between the 16th and 17th centuries))
* Iglesia de San Francisco (church built between the 16th and 17th centuries)
* Iglesia de la Caridad (church built between the 16th and 17th centuries))
* Iglesia de la Caridad (church built between the 16th and 17th centuries)
* Hospital de San Juan de Dios, a 17th century hospital.
* Palacio de los Condes de Aguila, a 15th century Romanesque-Gothic palace.
* Iglesia de Santa María de la Asunción, a 15th century Mudéjar-Gothic-Plateresque church, built on the site formerly occupied by the old mosque. Inside, highlights the choir and organ, declared a National monument.
* Iglesia de San Pedro, 14th century initial Gothic trace, and later Renaissance and Baroque styles reforms.
*Iglesia de San Agustín, 16th-century Renaissance style, and late-16th-century Baroque high altar.
* Asilo de la Caridad, late-16th century.
* Historic centre. Declared a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1962.

===Farmhouses, Haciendas and mills===
*Cortijo de San Rafael, (the cortijos are farmhouses)
*Cortijo de la Fuensanta
*Cortijo Casablanca
*Cortijo Casa Blanquilla
*Cortijo Albardén
*Cortijo del Rey
*Cortijo el Jadublón
*Cortijo Faín
*Cortijo las Posadas
*Cortijo Nuevo o el Guijo
*Cortijo o Hacienda el Peral
*Cortijo Soto del Almirante
*Hacienda el Santiscal
*Hacienda de San Andrés Nuevo
*Molino del Bachiller Viejo, a mill.
*Molino Nuestra Señora de la Luz o Barrancos, a mill.<ref>[http://andaluciarustica.com/arcos-de-la-frontera.htm "Arcos de la Frontera", andaluciarustica.com]</ref>

==Gastronomy==
Sausages, ''Ajo a la molinera''. ''Sopa de Clausura''. ''Gazpacho serrano''. ''Sopa de espárragos''. ''Sopa de tomate''. ''Berza''. ''Garbanzos con tomillo''. ''Revueltos de espárragos''. Dishes cooked with game meat, pork and lamb.

*Sweets: Bollos de Semana Santa. Pestiños. Empanadillas. Compota regada con miel serrana.

*Young table wines, both white and red.


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 17:20, 21 August 2016

This article is about a Spanish town. For other uses, see Arcos (disambiguation).
Arcos de la Frontera
Municipality
File:Arcos de la Frontera overview.jpg
Coat of arms of Arcos de la Frontera
Coat of arms
Country Spain
Autonomous communityAndalusia
ProvinceCádiz
ComarcaSierra de Cádiz
Government
 • AlcaldeJose Luis Nuñez (PP)
Area
 • Total527.54 km2 (203.68 sq mi)
Elevation
185 m (607 ft)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total31,017
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Arcense, Arcobricense
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
11630
WebsiteOfficial website

Arcos de la Frontera is a historic walled city in the province of Cádiz, in Andalusia, Spain. It is located on the Northern, Western and Southern banks of the Guadalete river, which flows around three sides of the city under towering vertical cliffs, to Jerez and on to the Bay of Cadiz. The town commands a fine vista atop a sandstone ridge, from which the peak of San Cristobal and the Guadalete Valley can be seen. The town gained its name by being the frontier of Spain's 13th century battle with the Moors.[1]

History

File:Cliffs in Arcos de la Frontera.jpg
The cliffs, 11th-15th c. Moorish-origin castle, and 16th-17th c. Gothic church of San Pedro in Arcos de la Frontera.

There is local evidence that Stone Age cave-dwellers used rocks to form living chambers. Roman ruins also exist in the area.[1]

Arcos became an independent Moorish taifa in 1011 during the protracted collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba. Arcos was associated with the Jerez by 'Abdun ibn Muhammad who ruled from c. 1029/1030 to 1053. The region was overtaken by the Almoravid dynasty in 1091. From 1145 to 1147 the region of Arcos and Jerez was briefly a taifa under dependency of Granada, led by Abu'l-Qasim Ahyal.

The town was a bulwark of Christianity after Alfonso the Wise of Castile (1252–1284) expelled the Moors. He constructed a Gothic cathedral which remains on its high ridge.

It is famed for its ten bells, which tolled throughout the war with the Moors. Several Moorish banners were taken in the nearby battle of Zahara and have been on display in a church in Arcos since 1483.[1]

Main sights

File:Santa María de la Asunción, Arcos de la Frontera.jpg
14th-16th century Mudéjar-Gothic church of Santa María de la Asunción
City Gate Puerta de Jerez in Arcos de la Frontera.
File:Convento de la Encarnación, Arcos de la Frontera.jpg
Plateresque portal of early-16th c. Convento de la Encarnación and 17th c. buttresses in alley Callejón de las Monjas.
  • Castillo de Arcos (11th-15th-century castle), a medieval castle of Moorish origin, rebuilt almost entirely in the first half of 15th century. Currently it is a private property, it is not open to the public.
  • Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María de la Asunción, a church built between the 14th and 16th centuries
  • Convent of San Agustín (15th-17th centuries)
  • Church of San Pedro (15th-17th centuries)
  • Ayuntamiento (City Hall), 17th-century.
  • Iglesia de San Francisco (church built between the 16th and 17th centuries)
  • Iglesia de la Caridad (church built between the 16th and 17th centuries)
  • Hospital de San Juan de Dios, a 17th century hospital.
  • Palacio de los Condes de Aguila, a 15th century Romanesque-Gothic palace.
  • Iglesia de Santa María de la Asunción, a 15th century Mudéjar-Gothic-Plateresque church, built on the site formerly occupied by the old mosque. Inside, highlights the choir and organ, declared a National monument.
  • Iglesia de San Pedro, 14th century initial Gothic trace, and later Renaissance and Baroque styles reforms.
  • Iglesia de San Agustín, 16th-century Renaissance style, and late-16th-century Baroque high altar.
  • Asilo de la Caridad, late-16th century.
  • Historic centre. Declared a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1962.

Farmhouses, Haciendas and mills

  • Cortijo de San Rafael, (the cortijos are farmhouses)
  • Cortijo de la Fuensanta
  • Cortijo Casablanca
  • Cortijo Casa Blanquilla
  • Cortijo Albardén
  • Cortijo del Rey
  • Cortijo el Jadublón
  • Cortijo Faín
  • Cortijo las Posadas
  • Cortijo Nuevo o el Guijo
  • Cortijo o Hacienda el Peral
  • Cortijo Soto del Almirante
  • Hacienda el Santiscal
  • Hacienda de San Andrés Nuevo
  • Molino del Bachiller Viejo, a mill.
  • Molino Nuestra Señora de la Luz o Barrancos, a mill.[2]

Gastronomy

Sausages, Ajo a la molinera. Sopa de Clausura. Gazpacho serrano. Sopa de espárragos. Sopa de tomate. Berza. Garbanzos con tomillo. Revueltos de espárragos. Dishes cooked with game meat, pork and lamb.

  • Sweets: Bollos de Semana Santa. Pestiños. Empanadillas. Compota regada con miel serrana.
  • Young table wines, both white and red.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
  2. ^ "Arcos de la Frontera", andaluciarustica.com
Attribution
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Arcos de la Frontera". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

References

  • M. Mancheño y Olivares, Galeria de Arcobricenses illustres (Arcos, 1892)
  • M. Mancheño y Olivares, Riqueza y cultura de Arcos de la Frontera (Arcos, 1898)
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