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What to see and do in Cartaya

What to see and do in Cartaya (Costa Occidental, Huelva): 13 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 8 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Cartaya

Cartaya
Village
Town on the estuary of the río Piedras founded in the 15th century by the Zúñiga family, lords of Gibraleón; it retains its castle as an urban landmark and bases much of its economy on fishing, the historic almadraba tuna trap, and strawberry growing.
Castillo de los Zúñiga
Monument
Fortress built between 1417 and 1420 by order of the Zúñiga family, lords of Gibraleón, on the hill overlooking the town centre; it preserves a parade ground and sections of wall restored in the 1990s.
Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol de Cartaya
Monument
Parish church built between 1575 and 1606, combining Mudéjar, Renaissance and Baroque elements.
Marismas del Río Piedras y Flecha de El Rompido
Nature
Estuary of the río Piedras with a continuously growing sand spit separating the sea from the marshland; alongside it, the small fishing port of El Rompido and its oyster farms.
Marineros cartayeros en el primer viaje colombino
Historical milestone
Several residents of Cartaya enlisted in the expedition that set sail from Palos in 1492, and again on the second Columbus voyage aboard La Niña, according to locally documented tradition.
Tornado de Cartaya de 2010
Curiosity
On 16 April 2010 a tornado around 40 metres in diameter struck the municipality, an unusual weather phenomenon for the area.
Molinos mareales del Río Piedras (Cartaya)
Monument
As it passes through Cartaya, the Río Piedras preserves remains of three tide mills of Mudejar origin and 19th-century construction: the Molino de Aceña or de la Ribera, the Molino de la Punta del Pozo and the Molino de Legrete, the latter the best preserved, with capacity for four millstones. The tide mills of the Huelva coast, including those of Cartaya, were collectively listed in the General Catalogue of Andalusian Historical Heritage by Order of 11 June 2010.
Real de la Almadraba de El Rompido
Historical milestone
Industrial tuna-fishing complex active between 1929 and 1963 in what is now the Marismas del Río Piedras Nature Reserve, next to El Rompido, which housed some 900 people during the fishing season. The Casa del Capitán, with its square tower, is preserved. The parish church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen de El Rompido (1956) was built with bricks left over from the almadraba (tuna trap) complex.
Castillo de San Miguel de Arca de Buey
Monument
16th-century fortress, thirty metres on each side with about 750 m² of interior space, which controlled the mouth of the Río Piedras at El Rompido. It was destroyed by Dutch pirates.
Pilares mudéjares de Cartaya
Monument
System for collecting and channelling water dating from the 15th-16th centuries, of which the Pilar de Mogaya and the Pilar de la Dehesa are preserved and open to visitors (the Pilar de la Mezquita has disappeared).
Puente de la Tavirona
Monument
80-metre bridge in two metal sections, built in 1931 over the Río Piedras and originally used by the railway.
Faro de El Rompido
Monument
Historic lighthouse of the coastal town of El Rompido, built in 1861 to a design by engineer Ángel Mayo to mark the mouth of the Río Piedras.
Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Consolación (Cartaya)
Monument
16th-century hermitage, an example of Andalusian Baroque with Mudejar elements, founded by an indiano (a returned emigrant made wealthy in the Americas) from Cartaya next to the town.