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Cadiz, Spain |
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It is a four hour bus trip from
Malaga to Cadiz - we managed to make it, by sea, leaving Malaga at
9PM, and arriving at Cadiz at 8AM (no time changes involved) - you
do the math!!!
Cadiz is very similar to Malaga - on a somewhat equal scale in just about everything. Its declining population is about 130,000. |
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And like Malaga, it is very old, but instead of just being very old,
it is actually the oldest, continuously populated, city still
standing, on the northern European edge of the Mediterranean.
It has records dating back to 1104BC. As usual, it was occupied by the Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Greeks, the Romans, and the Arabs. As an important port, Christopher Columbus sailed back to Cadiz twice, after his new world explorations. And for years Cadiz was the home to the Spanish naval armada. Immediately off the port area, into the city, is the gigantic Plaza de Espania, which was built in 1912 to accommodate this monument commemorating the 100 year celebration of the Spanish Constitution, which was written in 1812.
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