Monasterio de la Victoria, Province of Cadiz

Monasterio de la Victoria
Native name
Spanish: Iglesia de la Prisión Central
Location El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain
Coordinates 36°36′20.38″N 6°13′2.88″W / 36.6056611°N 6.2174667°W / 36.6056611; -6.2174667Coordinates: 36°36′20.38″N 6°13′2.88″W / 36.6056611°N 6.2174667°W / 36.6056611; -6.2174667
Official name: Iglesia de la Prisión Central, Iglesia del Monasterio de la Victoria
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1978-12-29
Reference no. (R.I.) - 51 - 0004322 - 00000
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.

Its church was declared Bien de Interés Cultural on December 29, 1978.

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