Vejer de la Frontera was build on a hill-top close the
sea, the town was repopulated in pre-historic times,
and Phoenicians, Cartagenians, Romans Visigoths and
Arabs have held the town.
Vejer was declared a Historical Monument and National
Prize of Adornment. The medieval town is of narrow steep
streets and white-walled houses surrounded by a defensive
wall. A vestige of Arabic customs remanis with "las
cobijadas": women dressed from head to toe in black
cloth.
Monuments worthy of mention are :
The Arab Castle
The Gothic church of El Divino Salvador,
and El Rosario, which mix Visigoth, Arab and Christian
influences,
The Iglesia and Hospital de San Juan de Letrán,
The Iglesia de Santa Lucía,
The Convento de las Monjas Recepcionistas,
and The Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Oliva
from the 16th century.
On the coast nearby is El Palmar beach and el Cabo de
(Cape) Trafalgar, where the famous battle took place.
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