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Novo Sancti Petri History
Sancti Petri is a small abandoned fishing village,
located just north of La Barrosa beach. It’s directly
across from small island of Sancti Petri.
Chiclana´s history main time began in 1303 when king
Fernando IV donated this, then uninhabited place to Alonso
Pérez de Guzmán with the intention to populate
it.
The Dukes of Medina Sidonia, successors of Pérez de
Guzmán would be the town´s lords until the 19th
century.
The discovery of America led to a true uprising of the Bay
villages, including chiclana, when production and export of
wines from this region began. In the 17th and 18th centuries,
this development became more evident with the transfer of
the centre of the Fleet (1680) and the Hiring Bureau (1717)
to Cádiz.
The urban and rural landscapes changed notably. The Church
of San Martín , the church and convent of Jesus Nazareno
and San Telmo as well as the ancient country church of san
Sebastian which converted into a parish church, are all from
these centuries.
The second half of the 18th century shaped the Old City of
Chiclana as beautiful civil building of the 19th century.
Chiclana was the birthplace of the eminent speaker and outstanding
naturalist Antonio Cabrera as well as the famous politician
and financial expert Mendizabal, also the playwright Antonio
García Guitierrez, author of El Trovador who had, the
greatest success in the romantic theatre.
Over the years, in bullrings all over Spain, the masters
of Chiclana bullfighting, José Cándido, Jerónimo
josé Cándido, Francisco Montes Paquiro and José
Redondo El Chiclanero stand out.
After the French Occupation Chiclana needed a time of recovery
that lasted until the second half of the 19th century. The
well-off people and the nobility once again chose the town
for their vacations and cures at the Braque and Fuente Amarga
spas.
At the same time, Chiclana´s wines experienced a renaissance.
It is because of the important increase in the wine industry
that king Alfonso XII granted Chiclana the title of City in
1876.
During the 20th century specially in its second half, Chiclana
reached its hisghest demographic growth, together with spectacular
economic development based on a diversification of activities
in all sectors, but particularly in the secondary and tertiary.
Currently Chiclana has he highest number of hotel beds in
the province of Cádiz due to an effort that sensibly
combines this booming economy with environmental protection.
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