page_title: Jerez de la Frontera
section_title: Religious sites
hierarchical_section_title: Jerez de la Frontera / Main sights / Religious sites
caption_attribution_description: English: Church Tower of Carmen over the old town Español: la Torre de la Basísica del Carmen sobre los tejados del casco antiguo
context_page_description: Jerez de la Frontera, or simply Jerez, is a Spanish city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in southwestern Spain, located midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Cádiz Mountains. As of 2015, the city, the largest in the province, had a population of 212,876. It is the fifth largest in Andalusia, and has become the transportation and communications hub of the province, surpassing even Cádiz, the provincial capital, in economic activity. Jerez de la Frontera is also, in terms of land area, the largest municipality in the province, and its sprawling outlying areas are a fertile zone for agriculture. There are also many cattle ranches and horse-breeding operations, as well as a world-renowned wine industry.
  Currently, Jerez, with 212,876 inhabitants, is the 25th largest city in Spain, the 5th in Andalusia and 1st in the Province of Cádiz. It belongs to the Municipal Association of the Bay of Cádiz, the 3rd largest Andalusian metropolitan area and the 12th in Spain, with over 650,000 inhabitants.
context_section_description: The Cathedral
  Church of San Miguel (15th century), in Gothic–Baroque style
  Church of San Mateo, in Gothic style, the oldest in the city
  The Charterhouse
  Church of Santiago, dating to the time of Alfonso X of Castile (reigned 1252-1284)
  Church of San Juan de los Caballeros, created after Alfonso X's conquest of the city in 1264
  Church of San Marcos (13th century)
  Church of San Dionisio (13th century), built around 1457
  Church of San Lucas, built over an old mosque
  Church of San Francisco, containing the grave of Queen Blanca de Borbón (died 1361)
  Church of San Pedro
  Chapel of San Juan de Letrán
  Calvary Chapel
  Chapel of Los Desamparados
  Convent of San José
  Covent of Santa María de Gracia
  Convento of Espíritu Santo
  Hermitage of San Isidro Labrador
  Hermitage of San Telmo
  Church of Santo Domingo
  Church of Los Descalzos
  Convent of Las Reparadoras
  Church of La Victoria
  Hermitage of La Ina
  Basílica del Carmen de Jerez
caption: Basílica del Carmen de Jerez
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