Nao Victoria – Legendary Ship Of The 16th Century Returns To Motril

The unsocial replica of nan Nao Victoria, nan vessel that completed nan first circumnavigation of nan globe betwixt 1519 and 1522 nether Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano, will dock successful Motril, offering visitors a uncommon chance to measurement aboard a floating portion of maritime history.

Organised by nan Fundación Nao Victoria, nan alloy will beryllium unfastened to nan nationalist from December 3 to 8, pinch continuous visiting hours from 10am to 6.30pm. The vessel is expected to get astatine nan larboard connected December 2, allowing onlookers to watch its glorious entranceway earlier tours officially begin.

Meticulous accuracy afloat of nan fever of nan 16th Century

Built pinch meticulous humanities accuracy successful oak and conifer for nan 2004 Seville Expo, this full-scale moving replica is nan only 1 of its kind. It has itself conscionable completed a modern circumnavigation, sailing 26,800 nautical miles crossed 17 countries complete 2 years, proving nan enduring seaworthiness of nan original 16th-century design.

Visitors tin research nan decks, quarters, and holds, discovering really nan original unit of complete 240 men navigated and survived 1 of humanity’s top feats of exploration. Interactive exhibits item nan regular hardships, navigational techniques, and melodramatic communicative of nan expedition that proved nan earth’s roundness and opened caller waste and acquisition routes.

Contrary to immoderate earlier reports, nan Nao Victoria was not a flagship of Christopher Columbus successful 1492; that domiciled belonged to nan Santa María. The Nao Victoria earned its fame decades later arsenic nan only vessel from Magellan’s five-vessel fleet to return to Spain successful 1522, completing nan historical first world voyage.

Tickets are disposable online astatine fundacionnaovictoria.org aliases straight astatine nan ship. Admission is €7 for adults and visitors complete 10 years old, €4 for children aged 5–10, and free for children nether 5. A family battalion (two adults and up to 3 children) costs €18.

The family-friendly taste event, supported by section tourism authorities, brings nan epic Age of Discovery to life connected nan Costa Tropical and is expected to tie history buffs, schoolhouse groups, and nan plainly funny passim nan week.