El corazón del océano is a Spanish period drama television series that originally aired on Antena 3 from January to March 2014.
Set in the 16th century, the fiction follows the story of 80 maidens who were sent by the Hispanic Crown to the New World (Asunción) to marry settlers and thus avoid miscegenation, experiencing an odyssey on the high seas and beyond.
[7] The screenplay was written by Manuel Valdivia together with Pablo Barrera, Chus Vallejo, César Vidal Gil and Elena González de Sande.
[7] Following a time of shooting in several Colombian cities, production moved to El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia.
[8] Consisting of 6 episodes with an accumulated running time of 420 minutes,[6] El corazón del océano was presented at the FesTVal in August 2011.