La puesta en valor del patrimonio cultural de La Herradura: el hundimiento parcial de la flota del Mediterráneo de Felipe II

Abstract

On 19 October, 1562, the Spanish King Philip II,s fleet was partially wrecked off the bay of La Herradura (Almunecar). The resulting human and material losses led to the decline of the Spanish Monarch´s naval power. At present, there is no valorization of this historical event, which place on the coast of Granada. For this reason this research will analyze the geographic configuration of the bay, including an inventory of the defensive heritage that promotes the localization, identification and protection of the remains of the wreck through its assessment.