Algeciras

Algeciras is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located in the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, near the Strait of Gibraltar, it is the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar (Spanish: Bahía de Algeciras). The Port of Algeciras is one of the largest ports in Europe and the world in three categories: container, cargo and transshipment. The urban area straddles the small Río de la Miel, which is the southernmost river of continental Europe. As of 1 January 2020, the municipality had a registered population of 123,078.^[2] It forms part of the comarca of Campo de Gibraltar.

The surrounding metro area also includes the municipalities of Los Barrios, La Línea de la Concepción, Castellar de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera, San Roque and Tarifa, with a population of 263,739.

Monuments

Hornos Romanos del Rinconcillo (first century B.C.). (furnaces)
Factoría de salazones de la calle San Nicolás (first century). (salt meat factory)
La Villa Vieja, torres de la Huerta del Carmen (tenth century). (Towers)
Parque Arqueológico de las Murallas Meriníes (thirteenth century). (Archeological Park)
Capilla de Nuestra Señora de Europa (1690). (Chapel)
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Palma (1736). (Church)
Hospital de La Caridad, (1748).
Capilla de la Caridad (1752). (Chapel)
Casa Consistorial (1756). (City Council)
Capilla de San Servando (1774). (Chapel)
Capilla del Santo Cristo de la Alameda (1776). (Chapel)
Plaza Alta (1807).
Mercado de Abastos de Algeciras of engineer Eduardo Torroja Miret (1935). (Supplies Market)
Art School Building. (1971) architect: Fernando Garrido Gutiérrez.
Faro de Isla Verde. Project of Jaime Font, constructed in 1864. (Light)
Hotel Reina Cristina (1901).
District de San Isidro, typical district designed in the twentieth century.