PUERTO REAL  , a seaport of

southern Spain, in the province of Cadiz; on the north shore of the inner arm of the Bay of Cadiz and on the Seville-Cadiz railway . Pop . (1900), 10,535 . Puerto Real (Port Royal) is the Portus Gaditanus of the Romans, and is probably the most ancient trading-station on the Bay of Cadiz . It owes its modern name to the fact that it was rebuilt in 1488 by Ferdinand and Isabella . The port has good quays, a dry dock of the Spanish Transatlantic Company, connected with their important works, and safe anchorage close to the wharves for the largest steamers . The town has fine squares, and broad, well-built streets, a handsome town-hall, many schools, a bull-ring, several convents, and a 16th-century Gothic parish church, with three naves and a remarkable atrium . There is an active trade in wine and oils; other industries are the construction and repairing of ships, and the production of salt .