This is the place that earlier represented one of the four exits and entrances of the walled enclosure of Conil. In this very spot the road began that led towards Cádiz along the coast, which gave it its nickname: "Puerta Cai". [+ info]

This is the place that earlier represented one of the four exits and entrances of the walled enclosure of Conil. In this very spot the road began that led towards Cádiz along the coast, which gave it its nickname: "Puerta Cai".

Its architecture must have been of the same style as the "Puerta de la Villa". The medieval wall that surrounded the town of Conil had in its recesses or corners some buttresses used for surveillance. Of these buttresses only the "Baluarte", a piece of wall that can be found in the street Extramuros nº 26, remains. Nowadays, barely anything remains of the gate and the wall due to subsequent constructions in the town.

The "Puerta Cai" is the birthplace of the fishermen's neighbourhood. Throughout its history it served as a meeting place for the people of the sea, as the Chapel of the Holy Spirit where the "Virgen del Carmen" is venerated and the headquarters of the Fishermen's Association, founded in 1917 – the oldest in Andalusia – attest to.