Monasterio de la Victoria, Province of Cadiz

Historic site in Cádiz, Spain
36°36′20.38″N 6°13′2.88″W / 36.6056611°N 6.2174667°W / 36.6056611; -6.2174667Official nameIglesia de la Prisión Central, Iglesia del Monasterio de la VictoriaTypeNon-movableCriteriaMonumentDesignated1978-12-29Reference no.(R.I.) - 51 - 0004322 - 00000
Monasterio de la Victoria, Province of Cadiz is located in Spain
Monasterio de la Victoria, Province of Cadiz
Location of Monasterio de la Victoria in Spain

Monasterio de la Victoria is a former monastery located in El Puerto de Santa María, province of Cádiz, southern Spain. It was built in the 16th century by Dukes of Medinaceli. The buildings housed a prison between 1886 and 1981.

During the Second Spanish Republic, the Civil War and Franco's Dictatorship, the Monastery was used as a prison. During and after the civil war, it housed political prisoners such as Ramón Rubial, then president of the Socialist Party and Eleuterio Sánchez, AKA el Lute.

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