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C. 1100 BC
- Traditionally, Cádiz's founding is dated to c. 1100 BC, although no archaeological strata on the site can be dated earlier than the 9th century BC.
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In 1868, Cádiz was once again the seat of a revolution, resulting in the eventual abdication and exile of Queen Isabella II. The Cortes of Cádiz decided to reinstate the monarchy under King Amadeo just two years later. In recent years [when?], the city has undergone much reconstruction.
Its renewed prosperity dated from the discovery of America in 1492, when it became the headquarters of the Spanish treasure fleets. During the 16th century it repelled a series of raids by Barbary corsairs; in 1587 its harbour shipping was burned by an English squadron under Sir Francis Drake .
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Scipio Africanus was victorious at Alcalá del Rio near 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 Roman in 200 BC.
Cádiz, provincia (province) in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southwestern Spain, fronting the Mediterranean Sea to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It was formed in 1833 from districts taken from Sevilla.
2 days ago · During the 9th century bce the Phoenicians founded the coastal colony of Gadir (now Cádiz), and by the 5th century bce Carthaginians and Greeks had colonized the coast, while the indigenous Iberian peoples of the interior developed a rich urban culture.
In 1809 it was based in Seville, but eventually it fled from Seville to Cádiz, a strip of land that is surrounded mostly by sea and extends from the Iberian Peninsular in such a way that it is practically an island.
Cádiz was part of Al-Andalus (Moorish Spain) until Alfonso X of Castile took it back into the Christian kingdoms. The Catholic Monarchs and the many discoveries of Spain during the XVth and XVIth centuries marked the history of modern Cádiz making it grow big anew.
