Islote de Sancti Petri
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The Islote de Sancti Petri is a small barren island belonging to the municipality of
Andalusia, Spain
. It is close to the coast and 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of Cadiz city.
For many years, the island was a restricted military zone, but it is now under the control of the Spanish Environment Ministry. In the first century BC, the Greek historian
Melkart, known as Hercules
to the Greeks, in the eastern part of the island and the city in the western part.
Castle
Sancti-petri castle | |
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Native name Spanish: Sancti-petri | |
Location | San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain |
Coordinates | 36°22′47″N 6°13′13″W / 36.379607°N 6.220177°W |
Official name | Sancti-petri castle |
Type | Non-movable |
Criteria | Monument |
Designated | 1993 |
Reference no. | RI-51-0007584 |
The ruins of an eighteenth-century castle remain on the island; the tower of the castle has been substantially rebuilt, and it is now in use as a lighthouse. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1993.[citation needed]
The name, Sancti Petri, also applies to the beach on the mainland, in Chiclana de la Frontera, directly opposite the island.