Sanlucar de Barrameda Attractions
From Chipiona C 441 runs northeast to Sanlúcar de Barrameda (alt. 30m/100ft). From this town, beautifully situated on the Guadalquivir, Columbus sailed on his third voyage to the New World in 1498 and Magellan set out on his first circumnavigation of the globe in 1519. Sanlúcar is now a fishing port.
The Casa de la Cilla in Sanlúcar de Barrameda was a great house of nobility.
On the highest point in Sanlúcar de Barrameda is the Castillo Santiago, from which there are wide panoramic views.
The 16th century parish church of Nuestra Señora de la O in Sanlúcar de Barrameda has a richly decorated Mudéjar doorway, a fine Renaissance panelled ceiling and a notable Baroque retablo.
The finest of Sanlúcar de Barrameda's noble mansions is the palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia, which contains the archives of the Medina Sidonia family and has pictures by El Greco, Dürer, Murillo and Goya.
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