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unusual facts about Puerto Real


Singeing the King of Spain's Beard

Further sightings revealed twenty French ships present in the bay, and other smaller vessels were seeking refuge in Port Royal and Port Saint Mary, which were protected by sand banks that the larger carracks could not cross.


La Pepa Bridge

La Pepa Bridge (Puente de La Pepa in Spanish), officially "La Pepa" and also named the second bridge to Cadiz or new access to Cadiz, will be a bridge which will cross the Bay of Cadiz linking Cadiz with Puerto Real in mainland Spain.


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Fort-Liberté

This was discovered by the American Archaeologist William Hodges while excavating at Puerto Real, a city founded at the same spot years later.