Palos de la Frontera (esp)

Palos de la Frontera

Palos de la Frontera ranks 4,986th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Góra, Caldwell, New Jersey, and Valledupar. Memorable people born in Palos de la Frontera include Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Martín Alonso Pinzón, and Gonzalo Guerrero. Memorable people who died in Palos de la Frontera include Martín Alonso Pinzón. Palos de la Frontera has been the birth place of many explorers, and military personnels and the death place of many explorers. Palos de la Frontera is located in Spain.

Palos de la Frontera is a town and municipality located in the southwestern Spanish province of Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is situated some 13 km (8 mi) from the provincial capital, Huelva. According to the 2015 census, the city had a population of 10,365. It is most famous for being the place from which Columbus set sail in 1492, eventually reaching the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia