23 Sights in Cádiz, Spain (with Map and Images)
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Cádiz is a city in Spain and the capital of the Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula off the Atlantic Ocean separated from neighbouring San Fernando by a narrow isthmus.
The Roman Theatre of Cádiz is an ancient structure in Cádiz, Andalusia, in southern Spain. The remains were discovered in 1980. The theatre, which was likely built during the 1st century BC and was one of the largest ever built in the Roman Empire, was abandoned in the 4th century and, in the 13th century, a fortress was built on its ruins by order of King Alfonso X of Castile.
The Church of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic church in the Spanish city of Cádiz. It was the cathedral of the Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta between 1602 and 1838, when the new Cádiz Cathedral was completed.
The Puerta de Tierra is a stronghold of the former entrance wall to the city of Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain. Built in the eighteenth century by Torcuato Cayón, the façade is carved in marble and is conceived more as a religious altarpiece than as a military fortification. It is listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest.
5. Torregorda
Torregorda is a military tower of the province of Cádiz, located between Cádiz and San Fernando. The tower was originally built at the beginning of the 17th century, perhaps on remains of the primitive Torres and Almadraba de Hercules that rose in this same place. It was part of the Torres system that monitored the coast and through which the alerts could be transmitted by smoked or bonfires. Torregorda maintained visual contact at least with those of Sancti Petri, Torre Alta and San Sebastián. Around the tower the battery would be built in the first half of the 18th century. His semicircular front directed the artillery towards the open sea and at the same time protected the way between Cádiz and San Fernando that ran alongside it. Subsequently, it must have been renovated in the actions related to the arrival of the Napoleonic troops, incorporating the perimeter pit and modifying the earth front. To prevent it from being reference to the enemy during the war with the US, the tower was demolished to the solid basement in 1898, and on this the current one would be built in 1932. The battery, in good condition although with the partially occupied pitty , has lost the parapet and the wall of the pit from the north flank.
6. Monumento a Cayetano del Toro
The people of Cadiz, in recognition of gratitude, tried to place a monument to Don Cayetano del Toro y Quartiellers in the Plaza de Mina, at the indication of the Hon. Mrs. Patrocinio de Biedma, wishing that it would be sculpted by Mariano Benlliure. This project never came to fruition. When he died, the Academia Hispanoamericana de Cádiz did not want to delay this tribute any longer and encouraged the collection that was to erect it in what was then called Plaza de Méndez Núñez. Patrocinio de Biedma died on September 14, 1927, in Cádiz, without seeing his purpose of making the monument to his friend Cayetano del Toro fulfilled.
7. Gades
Gades is the Latin name of the present-day city of Cadiz. The Greeks called it Διδύμη (Didýme). Always considered an island, it was described by authors such as Pomponius Mela or Pliny the Elder. García y Bellido makes the following comment: "Gades was an island in ancient times, and still is, although the fact is not perceptible. For this reason, Pliny, Strabo, and Mela all speak of it when describing the islands that surround the continents." The city had two urban centers, one on the islands and the other on the mainland, hence the name Διδύμη.
8. Casa del Almirante
The house of the Admiral is a house-palace of Cádiz, Spain, product of the Indian trade of the city, located in the Plazuela de San Martín, was ordered to be built at the end of the 17th century by the family of the Admiral of the Fleet of the Indies, Diego of neighborhoods. From the outside highlights the magnificent cover of marbles of Genoa, departure from the Andreoli workshop and mounted by Maestro García Narváez. The columnado patio, the staircase under elliptical dome and the main floor room still show their nobility.
9. Emilio Castelar
The Monument to Emilio Castelar in Cádiz (Spain), the work of the sculptor Eduardo Barrón, is located in the centre of what was once Plaza de Castelar, now Plaza de la Candelaria. It pays tribute to Emilio Castelar, from Cadiz, who was born at number 1 of the same square, on September 7, 1832. In its place there was previously a small fountain. The initiative was due to Mayor Luis José Gómez Aramburu. The foundry was made in 1905 by Ignacio Arias, in Madrid.
10. Castillo de San Lorenzo del Puntal
The castle of San Lorenzo del Puntal, also known as the Castle of Puntales, was, along with the castle of San Luis and Matagorda, part of the complex defensive system installed in the city of Cadiz, in Spain, during the War of Independence, to control the entrance to the Bay. It is located in the Plaza de San Lorenzo del Puntal in the neighborhood of the same name, the Barrio de Puntales.
11. Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla
Nuevo Mirandilla is a football stadium in Cádiz, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Cádiz CF. The stadium was originally inaugurated as Estadio Ramón de Carranza on 3 September 1955. It has since then been completely rebuilt twice. With a capacity of 25,033 seats, it is the 24th-largest stadium in Spain and the 5th-largest in Andalusia.
12. Casa Fragela
The Casa Fragela, or as it is traditionally known, the house of the Widows, is a building in Cádiz located in Plaza Fragela, in front of the Falla Theatre. The house was paid for and built on the initiative of Juan Clat Fragela, a wealthy merchant of Armenian origin, who gave it to accommodate widows and women without economic resources.
13. Faro de San Sebastián
The San Sebastián lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the fortress of entry to the port of Cádiz, the Castle of San Sebastián, in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. The fortress is classified as a good of cultural interest since 1993 and the lighthouse has been managed by the Port Authority of the Port of the Bay of Cádiz.
14. Arco de la Rosa
The Arch of the Rose is the old western gate nestled in the walls of medieval Cadiz. It is currently located next to the cathedral of Cadiz, connecting the Plaza de la Catedral with the Barrio del Pópulo through the Passage of the Arch of the Rose. It is listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest.
15. Parque Genovés
Genovés Park is a historic garden located by the sea in the historic centre of Cadiz, Spain. It is one of the most outstanding in the city. Its origin dates back to the end of the eighteenth century, although throughout its history, it has undergone several extensions and remodellings.
16. Iglesia de San Lorenzo
The church of San Lorenzo Mártir located at the confluence of Calle Sagasta nº 55 and Calle Armengual nº 3 in Cádiz (Spain) is due to the patronage of Bishop Lorenzo Armengual de la Mota, with the intention of providing the neighbourhood of La Viña with parish aid.
17. Casa Palacio de los Mora
The Mora Casa-Palacio is located on Wide Street, within the Historic Center of the City of Cádiz (Spain). The property, listed as a good of cultural interest since 1981, dates from the mid -nineteenth century and is the work of the architect Juan de la Vega and Correa.
18. Monumento a la Constitución de 1812
The Monument to the Constitution of 1812 is a monument in Cádiz, Spain that commemorates the centennial of the signing of the Constitution of 1812. The monument, commissioned in 1912 and completed in 1929, is located in the centre of the Plaza de España in Cádiz.
19. Iglesia de San José
The church of San José is a late 18th-century neoclassical temple located in Cadiz, Spain, completed in 1787. It was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1979.Su construction was in charge of the architects Torcuato Cayón and Torcuato Benjumeda.
20. Segismundo Moret
The Monument to Moret is an instance of public art in Cádiz, Spain. Designed by Agustín Querol, it consists of a bronze statue of Liberal politician Segismundo Moret put on top of a pedestal displaying elaborated allegorical reliefs.
21. Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco
The Convent of San Francisco de Cádiz is a former Franciscan convent located inside the old town of the city, in the central square of the same name. Of the original complex, only the cloister and the church remain.
22. Catedral de la Santa Cruz de Cádiz
Cádiz Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cádiz, southern Spain, and the seat of the Diocese of Cadiz y Ceuta. It was built between 1722 and 1838. The cathedral was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1931.
23. Gran Teatro Falla
The Gran Teatro Falla is a theater in the city of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. It is located in the Plaza Fragela, facing the Casa de las Viudas and adjacent to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Cádiz.
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