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Cadiz
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Country	Spain
Region	Andalusia
Area	12,1 km²
Population	115 439 hab. (2020)
Density	9 540,41 inhab./km²
Postal code	11000
Spindle	UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00
Location
36 ° 32 ′ 6 ″ N 6 ° 17 ′ 51 ″ W
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Cadiz is a city ofAndalusia in Spain.

Understand

Geography

Cadiz is built on a rock connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway and on the edge of a bay opening onto the Atlantic Ocean about 30 kilometers south of the mouth of the Guadalquivir.

Story

Cadiz is one of the oldest cities inEurope, founded under the name of Gades in 1104 BC. AD by the Phoenicians, and then resembled Tire. From 700 BC. AD to 600 BC. AD the city was a rich market where one found amber and pewter. The Carthaginians captured the city in 501 BC. J.-C .. She rallied to the Romans in 205 BC. AD during the Second Punic War, which earned him preferential treatment from the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar granted its inhabitants Roman citizenship in 49 BC. AD because they had sided with him and driven out the Pompeians (Dion Cassius, 41,24).

The city was destroyed by the Visigoths in the 5th century. In 711, it was taken by the Moors, who rebuilt it. In 858, it was plundered by the Viking chief Hasting.

Then Alfonso X, King of Castile and León, took over the city in 1262.

After the transatlantic crossing of Christopher Columbus in 1492, the Spanish ships which brought back the treasures of the Americas elected Cadiz as their home port and the city became one of the richest in Europe. When the other maritime powers in Europe began to threaten Spain's naval supremacy, Cadiz faced many battles. An English fleet led by Sir Francis Drake attacked the port in 1587 destroying numerous vessels and in 1596 the town was plundered by English ships under the orders of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. During the following century, Cadiz was attacked by the English on three occasions.

The city counts XVII^e and XVIII^e centuries an important French community. In 1762, the net commercial profits of the French, calculated by the Catastro to serve as the basis for the Unica contribucion, corresponded for Cádiz to 472,200 pesos or piastres, or 1,888,800 pounds and 42.45% of all profits. These figures underestimate the share of the French, because these French traders established in Cadiz and Seville work for foreign traders, especially English.

One of these French, Armand Joseph Dubernad is a trader in Seville and Morlaix but also commissioner and shareholder of the bank of Saint-Charles created by his cousin François Cabarrus, Minister of the King of Spain. It finances the Murcia canal as well as the wars waged by the King of Spain. Despite the protection of Floridablanca, François Cabarrus and the ambassadors and consuls, he was persecuted by the Inquisition.

On November 1, 1755, Cadiz was hit hard by the Lisbon earthquake, which destroyed a third of the city, throwing many dwellings into the sea and dismantling the commercial and military port structures. As a result, the Hispanic maritime economy is greatly affected and trade with the Americas will henceforth pass through French, English or Dutch ports. It will be the beginning of the end of Spain as a Catholic policeman of the world, as a maritime and economic power, and this earthquake will upset the economic and religious order of Europe.

Because of the French Revolution, wars and the blockade, these French will have to return to France. Cadiz was blocked by the British fleet for almost fifteen months between 1797 and 1798.

During the Napoleonic wars, Cadiz was besieged by the French fleet from February 1810 to August 1812. It gave its name to the first Spanish constitution, the Constitution of Cadiz, nicknamed "la Pepa" in honor of Joseph Napoleon (Pépé is the diminutive of José, Joseph in Spanish) in 1812. When Spain lost its colonies in America in the 19th century, the city's wealth began to decline.

the August 31, 1823, the fort of Trocadéro which defended the port was removed at low tide by the French expeditionary force commanded by the Duke of Angoulême, sent by his uncle Louis XVIII to re-establish King Ferdinand VII on his throne. The former Trocadero Palace in Paris was built to commemorate this feat of arms.

During the Spanish Civil War, Cadiz was a base for the nationalist forces of General Franco.

Weather

Thanks to the geographical location of the city, the climate of Cadiz is considered a Mediterranean climate even if it is weighted by the presence of the Atlantic Ocean.

The average annual temperature, calculated over a period of 27 years (1961-1988) is 18.1 ° C. The hottest month is August with 27.7 ° C while the average minimum temperature for the month the coldest (January) is 9.9 ° C.

In 2007, Cádix was the fourth sunniest city in Spain, with 3016 h of sunshine.

To go

• 36.52968-6.2888581 Station (Estación de Cádiz) Plaza de Sevilla, S / N,   34 912 432 343  5 h 20 - 23 h 45. (last update June 2019)

Circulate

To see

• 36.529-6.29521 cathedral  – Roman Catholic church, seat of the diocese of Cadiz and Ceuta. It stands on the site of an old cathedral, completed in 1260 and destroyed by fire in 1596. The reconstruction was overseen by the architect Vicente Acero, who also built the Cathedral of Grenade. The result is a baroque building built over a long period of 116 years, which caused many changes from the initial plans, it incorporates elements of Rococo style in particular and was completed in neoclassical style. Its chapels have many paintings and relics from the old cathedral and many Spanish monasteries. In the crypt are buried the composer Manuel de Falla and the poet José María Pemán, both born in the city. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 36.532725-6.308052 Santa Catalina Castle  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 36.528106-6.3156143 San Sebastián Castle  –  (last update Feb. 2018)

Do

• Cadiz Carnival  – Large-scale popular festival for the gaditans (kindness of the inhabitants of Cadiz) and has a long history. Nowadays this carnival also enjoys a very important external attendance (especially from other regions of Spain, but also more and more from other parts of the world) following the efforts of the local government for the tourism promotion of the event (it has moreover been declared as being of “international tourist interest”), and Cadiz sees its population multiplied during the 10 days of its duration. (last update Feb. 2018)
• Holy Week  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 36.532186-6.2976321 Juan Carreño Peluqueros (Hair salon) San Miguel, 11 (in the old town, 2 steps from the market.),   34 959 22 04 92 Closed wednesday and sunday.  12 € (~ 13.26 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 17.97 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 14.49 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 7,867.27 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021) Shamp Coupe Homme (2014). – If you have 20 min free, get your hair cut! A splendid living room, a baroque church decor worthy of Almodovar. (No photography allowed !!) (last update March 2018)

To buy

• 36.530342-6.2982311 Mercado Central ,   34 956 220 860  Mon.- sat. : 9 h - 15 h. (last update June 2019)

Eat

Have a drink / Go out

Housing

• 36.281004-6.09569791 Hotel Fuerte Conil-Costa Luz Playa de la Fontanilla s / n (11140 Conil de la Frontera (Cádiz)),   34 956 44 33 44 – free. Hotel Fuerte Conil-Costa Luz is a hotel complex formed by Fuerte Conil and Fuerte Costa Luz, located in front of one of the most beautiful beaches in Spain (La Fontanilla beach), and only 10 min walk from the center of Conil de la Frontera (last update March 2016)
• 36.534599-6.3053372 Parador Avda. Duque of Nájera, 9,   34 956226905, e-mail : [email protected] (last update June 2019)

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