Cádiz Travel Guide

Cádiz

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Stig Albeck

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The southern Spanish city of Cádiz was founded approximately year 1100 BC by the Phoenicians, making it one of the oldest cities in Western Europe still inhabited. The city was then called Gadir or Agadir, and the Phoenicians established a port here in the 6th century BC. Later, the city came under Carthage, Rome and then the Visigoths, who destroyed the city in the fourth century. In the period 711-1262, the city was Moorish with the name Qādis. Later, Cádiz became the port of the Spanish silver fleet, and Christopher Columbus sailed from here on his second and fourth voyages.

The city center is by the Gulf of Cádiz on a peninsula with water on three sides, and at the far end is the cozy old town, where you should explore the narrow streets. You can start in the beautifully landscaped square, Plaza de San Juan de Dios, where the city’s town hall is located. The town hall was built from 1799 on the same site as the former town hall. The square in front of the town hall is on the border with the old town, and from here there are many streets leading to the interesting quarter.

On a walking tour in Cádiz, you will come to several beautiful squares such as the Plaza de la Catedral with the city’s cathedral. It was built from 1722 and was completed in a primarily Baroque style just over a hundred years later. In the square you can also see the beautiful church, Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol. If you go a little southeast from the cathedral, you arrive at the preserved ruins of the city’s old Roman theater. It was built in the century BC. and with 10,000 spectators it was among the largest in the Roman Empire.

In 1812, a new Spanish constitution was adopted in Cádiz, and it was proclaimed in the Plaza San Antonio, which in the 19th century was considered the center of the city. If you want to learn more about the city and the constitution, a visit to Museo Cadiz is a good idea. It is a city museum that tells the city’s more than 3,000-year-old history. And you can continue to the Plaza de España to see Cádiz’s large monument commemorating the constitution of 1812, which by the way never came into force, but had to give way to the constitution of the Spanish king.

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Huelva

Huelva is a city in Andalucia in southwestern Spain. With a location close to the Atlantic coast, there has been trade here for thousands of years, and archaeological finds have been made from the time of the Phoenicians. It is believed that Huelva then became a prosperous city under both Carthage and the Roman Empire, but that there were times of decline with subsequent Visigothic and Moorish periods.

Huelva was recaptured by Spain in 1257 under Alonso X. Huelva remained a minor town and was partially destroyed by the earthquake that struck near Lisbon in 1755. In the 19th century, large-scale mining began along the river Rio Tinto and the British made Huelva boom from a small town to a large industrial city during this time.

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Seville

Seville is the largest city in Andalusia and one of Spain’s most important cities. It was the Romans who founded Seville under the name Hispalis, and the city was for centuries under the rule of the Moors before the Christian reconquest took place in 1248.

The long history where a Spanish highlight with great influence on Seville was Columbus’s European rediscovery of America. Even before then, Seville was a strategically important trading city, where one of the world’s largest churches had been built, in which Columbus was later buried.

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a peninsula that sits like a city and rock on the Strait of Gibraltar and overlooks the coast of Africa. Gibraltar is a British overseas territory and the place is a wonderful mix of British culture and the many people and events that have left their mark on the region and the peninsula over the centuries.

The main city in the territory is almost the same as the total settlement of Gibraltar. To the west of the characteristic rock that dominates the area’s profile, lies the Westside quarter, which corresponds to the city centre. Here, narrow streets and cozy English restaurants lie side by side with museums and historical sites.

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Overview of Cádiz

Cádiz is a southern Spanish city that was founded approximately year 1100 BC by the Phoenicians, making it one of the oldest cities in Western Europe still inhabited. The city was then called Gadir or Agadir, and the Phoenicians established a port here in the 6th century BC. Later, the city came under Carthage, Rome and then the Visigoths, who destroyed the city in the fourth century. In the period 711-1262, the city was Moorish with the name Qādis. Later, Cádiz became the port of the Spanish silver fleet, and Christopher Columbus sailed from here on his second and fourth voyages.

About the Cádiz travel guide

Contents: Tours in the city + tours in the surrounding area
Published: Released soon
Author: Stig Albeck
Publisher: Vamados.com
Language: English

About the travel guide

The Cádiz travel guide gives you an overview of the sights and activities of the Spanish city. Read about top sights and other sights, and get a tour guide with tour suggestions and detailed descriptions of all the city’s most important churches, monuments, mansions, museums, etc.

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