This area is where the tall ships were positioned to facilitate entry into the parade. The Galeon Andalucia in on her way here. A second image is of her passing in front of the lighthouse.

The Galeón Andalucía is a replica of a 16th-17th century galleon, the only one in the world that sails in present days.

These ships were the type of vessel used by the Spanish Crown for maritime expeditions during the 16th through the 18th centuries. Galleons were intended to discover and then establish trade routes between Spain, America and the Philippines islands, and formed what was then called the “Fleet of the Indies”. For three centuries, these Spanish galleons crossed the Atlantic Ocean back and forth, sailed around the Caribbean Sea and the American coasts, and covered the Pacific route as well. They carried plenty of seamen, merchant traders and settlers, while their holds bore the fabulous loads resulting from American and Asian trade.