There is no better way to start the day in the Huelva capital than having a nutritious breakfast next to the Nuns Square (1). This open space located in the historic center of the city replaced the stables of the Palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia, located on the parallel street of the same name. Next to it stands the Mudejar style convent of the Augustinian Mothers, that affectionately endows the place with a name. Its rectangular floor plan houses a music band and four newsagents., restoration and information. In its eastern part stands the statue of Christopher Columbus, who points out in the direction of the ocean, flanked by a small fountain that refreshes the environment with its water vapor. In the surroundings of the square we will find the building of the old Bank of Spain and the Hotel Paris Building, Sub-headquarters of the Provincial Council of Huelva.

Once the batteries are recharged and we take a walk around the square, we will take the avenue Martin Alonso Pinzón (2). A little more than a hundred meters away we will come across the building of the Huelva City Council (3), executed by the architect Alejandro Herrero on part of the site of the old convent of San Francisco. Of its structure, the articulation of its dependencies around a large central patio and the turrets with sharp spiers that finish off each corner stands out..

We will continue down the Martín Alonso Pinzón street, also known as the Gran Vía de Huelva. Walking on its semi-pedestrianized pavement, commercial and gastronomic smells will reach us, but also the bureaucratic and architectural squalor of other buildings of the public entity. Then, we will reach the Plaza del Punto. There we will meet, almost face down, with the monument to the Virgen del Rocío (4), a bronze sculpture that represents Huelva's passion for the festivities celebrated in the most famous pilgrimage in Andalusia. Its appeal is undeniable. The sculptural group represents the procession of the Lily of the Marshes. The Lady is carried on the shoulders of sixty figures of strange and captivating religious brilliance, among which the artist himself reflected raising his son from 22 months.

At the northern end of the historic center stands the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy (5), whose origin dates back to the convent of Mercedarian fathers built in 1605 on the old Hermitage of San Roque. The front of the cathedral, baroque style, it is organized in three horizontal bodies separated by cornices, having a semicircular gate in the lower one and a large altarpiece with sculptures in the central and upper one. The sides are finished with belfries for the bells. The interior of the temple currently has three naves of five sections separated by semicircular arches and a central transept., and among whose works of art the Virgen de la Cinta stands out, by the sculptor Martínez Montañés, and the Christ of Jerusalem.

We now move to a part of the city that is a historical witness to the industrial boom experienced by the province of Huelva during the 19th and 20th centuries., the call Reina Victoria neighborhood (6). It is an old working-class neighborhood - the name by which it is also known - built in 1916 on a small hill, that includes almost three hundred single-family homes that show off an eclectic architectural style, Andalusian mix, neo-mudejar and colonial. Its layout in the form of a garden city was imported by the English who came from the Rio Tinto Company to exploit the mineral resources of the area., and on their way they left this legacy, a nature-oriented city model.

At a distance of a kilometer and a half from this part of the city is the Tinto dock (7), another consequence of the English presence in the city. It was constructed in 1876 on the course of the river Odiel, and for a hundred years it was used to transport the mineral from the deposits in the north of the province to the port of the capital. Today, The best thing that this curious place offers us is a quiet walk and unparalleled views of the nearby natural park of the Odiel marshes.