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El nuevo nombre de Isla Cristina

Isla Cristina, Costa Occidental, Huelva

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El nuevo nombre de Isla Cristina

Historical milestone · Isla Cristina, Costa Occidental, Huelva

Image of Isla Cristina, not of the place itself.

On 12 April 1834, at popular request, the town until then known as La Higuerita was renamed Isla Cristina in honour of the regent Queen María Cristina de Borbón, in gratitude for her help during the cholera epidemic of 1833–1834.

12 de abril de 1834

Photo: Marc Ryckaert (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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