Arcos de la Frontera
Located around the banks of the Guadalete river, which flows around three sides of the city under very high vertical cliffs. The town owes its name to the fact that it was the frontier of Spain's 13th-century battle with the Moors.
The main square, plaza del Cabildo, has the lateral facade of Santa María, with its tower; the Parador, the Castillo Ducal (Ducal Castle) and the famous "Mirador de la Peña" (a viewpoint) overlooking the whole area of countryside and orchards.
Basílica Menor de Santa María de la Asunción, erected after the Reconquista on a Visigothic temple and the remains of a 13th and 14th century mosque. The main facade is of Plateresque-Gothic style and the facade that faces Plaza del Cabildo is mostly Renaissance. Its unfinished tower, repaired after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, has a Baroque air. Since 1931 it has been an Artistic-Historic Monument. In this video you can see it's exterior and part of the interior.
The Guardacantones (protect the corners), a common feature in streets of this town, is a reinforcement of the corners with old columns with capitals of many periods.
Alley Callejón de las Monjas. The flying buttresses crossing this alley were built in 1699, to hold the walls of the church that began to bend under the weight of the vaults. These buttresses join Santa María and the Convento de la Encarnación.
This town is definitely worth a visit.
It is one of the "Pueblos Blancos".
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