Monasterio de la Victoria, Province of Cadiz

Monasterio de la Victoria is a former monastery located in El Puerto de Santa María, province of Cádiz, southern Spain. It was built in the 16th century by Dukes of Medinaceli. The buildings housed a prison between 1886 and 1981.
During the Second Spanish Republic, the Spanish [Civil War | Civil War] and Francoist [Spain | Franco's Dictatorship], the Monastery was used as a prison. During and after the civil war, it housed political prisoners such as Ramón Rubial, then president of the Socialist Party and Eleuterio Sánchez.
The building is open to visitors on Fridays, and includes an exhibition about the building's history. Today the building hosts cultural and official events.