Palos de la Frontera

Infobox City | official_name = Palos de la Frontera, Spain | nickname =

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| map_caption = Location of Palos de la Frontera
subdivision_type = Municipality | subdivision_name = Huelva | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Carmelo Romero Hernández | area_magnitude = 1 E9 | area_total_km2 = 50| area_land_km2 = 50| area_water_km2 = 0.00 | population_as_of = 2006 | population_note =
population_total = 8415| population_density_km2 = 168.3 | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | latitude = 36º28' N | longitude = -6º12' W | website = http://www.palosfrontera.com/ | footnotes = |

Palos de la Frontera or Palos, is a town and municipality located in the southwestern Spanish province of Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is situated some convert|13|km|mi|0|abbr=on from the provincial capital, Huelva. According to the 2006 census, the city had a population of 8,415.

Palos is the site of the Rábida Monastery where Christopher Columbus consulted with the Franciscans about his plans for organizing an expedition of discovery. Years later, on Aug 3, 1492, Columbus's ships sailed from this town to discover the Americas. It is also the starting point of the historic 1926 transatlantic flight to Buenos Aires of the Plus Ultra flying boat.

There's a station in the Madrid Metro named after this town.

ee also

*Christopher Columbus
*Voyages of Christopher Columbus
*The Pinzon Brothers

External links

* [http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadistica/sima/htm/sm21055.htm Palos de la Frontera] - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
* [http://www.palosfrontera.com Ayuntamiento de Palos de la Frontera]
* [http://es.geocities.com/julioil Historiador de Palos de la Frontera: Julio Izquierdo Labrado]