Free Tour in Vejer de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain

Join this great tour and discover the history from the Phoenicians to the Middle Ages, the culture and the meeting of the 3 great religions (Muslim, Jewish and Christian) over time in the white village of Vejer de la Frontera

Things to do Free Tour in Vejer de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain

Vejer, millennial, Phoenicians 3,000 years ago settled after the tuna of the Strait of Gibraltar. Cradle of the most important civilizations of the Mediterranean: Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths, Muslims (Umayyads, Almoravids and Almohads), Catholics and Jews in their Sepharad. Mixture of cultures and Religion: Roman Paganism to 3 Monotheists. A cascade of legends and secrets guide you through the village in all its monumentality. The legend of La Cobijada; La Puerta de la Segur or La Justicia; The Star of David in the Jewish Gate of the Church (old Mosque); Waterless cistern in El Castillo Duques de Medina Sidonia, old Alcazaba; Patio Casa del Judio Sefardí, my ancestors; Berbers assaulting by the Puerta de Berbería Puerta Cerrada; Callejón Oscuro del Barrio Árabe; Lala Al-Zhora last Mrs. Muslim expelled and founded. Muslim expelled and founder of Chaouen; Puerta de Oriente or La Villa, (Mecca); Defense of the Casa del Mayorazgo with boiling oil; Double arched door of Sancho IV or Mayorazgo. And the peaceful uprising of Vejer in the XI century by the Hazas de Suerte and their posthumous hero Juan Relinque. Echoes of the coexistence of Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Al Andhalus.

Included

Tugasa Convento San Francisco

Iglesia Divino Salvador

Puerta de La Segur

Entrada Castillo

Entrada Iglesia

Entrada Patio vecino antigua Familia Sefardi

Meeting point

Puerta de la Segur, Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz

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