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National Park Attractions In Barbate

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Barbate is a coastal town in the province of Cádiz, Spain. At the 2006 census, it had a population of 22,496. Barbate is at the mouth of the River Barbate, 7 miles along the coast east of Cape Trafalgar and within the La Breña y Marismas del Barbate Natural Park. The Tómbolo de Trafalgar, a local point of interest, comprises a sandy isthmus joining Cape Trafalgar to the mainland. From the 1930s the town was known as Barbate de Franco because General Francisco Franco spent leisure time there. It ceased to be called this in 1998 after a decree was passed by the Junta de Andalucia. Barbate has a long history of fishing stretching back to Roman times wh...
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National Park Attractions In Barbate

  • 1. Parque Nacional de Donana Huelva
    Doñana National Park is a natural reserve in Andalusia, southern Spain, in the provinces of Huelva , Cádiz and Seville. It covers 543 km2 , of which 135 km2 are a protected area. The park is an area of marshes, shallow streams, and sand dunes in Las Marismas, the delta where the Guadalquivir River flows into the Atlantic Ocean. It was established as a nature reserve in 1969 when the World Wildlife Fund joined with the Spanish government and purchased a section of marshes to protect it. The eco-system has been under constant threat by the draining of the marshes, the use of river water to boost agricultural production by irrigating land along the coast, water pollution by upriver mining, and the expansion of tourist facilities. It is named after Doña Ana de Silva y Mendoza wife of the se...
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