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18 Jul 2020. Gades comes back to life. Today's Cadiz is one of the oldest cities in Western Europe that has been continuously inhabited. The city is located on a peninsula off the south coast of Spain, south of the mouth of the Guadalquivir. Photo 1: The southern part of Hispania Beatica.
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Foreword by Gerard Huissen The Roman port city of Tarraco,...
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- History of Cadiz City
- Phoenician & Carthaginian
- Roman
- Visigoth and Moorish
- Reconquest
- 19th Century
- Modern History
by Saskia Mier Cadiz is believed to be the oldest city still standing in Europe. Its history is marked by its strategic military and commercial location on the Atlantic Ocean and at the entrance to a large sheltered bay. The settlement was founded by Phoenicians from Tyre (modern day Lebanon) following the Trojan War in 1.104 BC.
It was one of the oldest Phoenician settlements in the west, then known as Gadir, trading Baltic amber, Cornish tin, Spanish from Rio Tinto and other locations in Southern Iberia, and later trading with Tartessus. The Phoenicians established a port in the 7th century BC and foundations of defensive walls from this period have been discovered. At th...
As part of the Roman struggle against Carthage, the Romans invaded the Iberian peninsula in 206 BC. Scipio Africanus was victorious at Alcalá del Rionear Hispalis (present-day Seville). His army crushed the resistance of the native Iberians and soon transformed Betis (Andalucia) into one of Rome's richest and best organised colonies. Cadiz became R...
The big open city style slowly gave way to a smaller walled city, common in style in the Middle Ages. Desperate by economic necessity, many of these former Gades inhabitants were forced to renounce basic rights to receive protection from the large landowners and leave for inland towns. The city was conquered by the Byzantines in 522 AD, by the Visi...
The reconquest of Cádiz was part of the reconquest of the Guadalquivir area (1243-1262). The Moorish Benimerín Sultanat were ousted by the Crown of Castile in 1264. The arrival of King Alfonso X in Cádiz lead to a resurgence of the city. Among the privileges granted by the Castilian Monarch were alfoz, (tax benefits), the concession of the title of...
In 1805 the prelude to the Battle of Trafalgarsaw Napoleons Admiral Villeneuve leave northern Spain for Brest in Brittany but later changed course southwards. On 20th August 1805, he led thirty-nine Franco/Spanish Man o' War ships past four British ships and into the Bay of Cadiz. Napoleon directed Villeneuve to leave Cadiz for Toulon at the first ...
In recent history, it is worth highlighting the importance of the city during the Spanish Civil War as a support base for the Republican side. On evening of 14 August 1947 there was an explosion in a Navy ammunition depot located inside the Underwater Defences Base which stored 1,565 underwater mines, 596 depth charges and 41 torpedoes. The materia...
Timeline of Cádiz - Wikipedia. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cádiz, Spain. Prior to 20th century. 1104 BCE – Gadir founded by Phoenicians. [1] 530 BCE – Gades occupied by Carthaginians. [2] [3] 49 BCE – Julius Caesar conferred the civitas of Rome on the citizens of Gades. [3]
Sep 18, 2023 · The Roman civilisation left Cádiz a wealth of architectural heritage, from major necropolises like the ones you'll find at the archaeological sites of Baelo Claudia and Carteia to fascinating cultural sites like the Roman town Ocuri.
In Imperial times it was known as “ Augusta Urbs Julia Gaditana” and its inhabitants were granted Roman citizenship. Back then Cádiz was populated by over five hundred equites (members of the property-owning class), a number rival to that of Padua and even Rome at the time.
Mar 8, 2013 · Gades (modern-day Cadiz, Spain) was an ancient city located on the island of Erytheia, northwest of Gibraltar at the tip of the Iberian Peninsula and is believed to be one of the most ancient cities still standing in Western Europe.
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Between the years 1810 and 1813, during the Napoleonic occupation, Cadiz became the capital of Spain. With the loss of the Spanish colonies in America, Cadiz also experienced a loss in relevance in national affairs.
