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Cádiz Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de Cádiz, Catedral de Santa Cruz de Cádiz) 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.

The Plaza de la Catedral houses both the Cathedral and the Baroque Santiago church, built in 1635.

The church was known as "The Cathedral of The Americas" because it was built with money from the trade between Spain and America. The 18th century was a golden age for Cádiz, and the other cathedral that the city had got, Santa Cruz, was very small for this new moment of Cádiz. The new cathedral was built from 1722 to 1838. The first person who designed the church was architect Vicente Acero, who had also built the Granada Cathedral. Acero left the project and was succeeded by several other architects. As a result, this largely baroque-style cathedral was built over a period of 116 years, and, due to this drawn-out period of construction, the cathedral underwent several major changes to its original design. Though the cathedral was originally intended to be a baroque edifice, it contains rococo elements, and was finally completed in the neoclassical style. Its chapels have many paintings and relics from the old cathedral and monasteries from throughout Spain.

In the crypt are buried the composer Manuel de Falla and the poet and playwright José María Pemán, both born in Cádiz.

Levante Tower, one of the towers of Cádiz Cathedral, is open to the public and shows panoramas of the city from on high.

Cádiz - Catedral de Cádiz by cinxxx, on Flickr

CinX · February 02, 2016, 09:08:17 PM

Cádiz - Catedral de Cádiz by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Some pictures from the Cathedral Museum

Cádiz - Cathedral Museum by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Cádiz - Avenida Campo del Sur by cinxxx, on Flickr

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The Castle of San Sebastián (Spanish: Castillo de San Sebastián) is a fortress located in Cádiz, Spain, at the end of La Caleta beach on a small island separated from the main city. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1993.

According to the classical tradition of the location of the fortress, there was a Temple of Kronos, a Titan of the Greek gods, the father of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. In 1457, a chapel on the island rose by a Venetian boat crews recovering from the plague. In 1706 the construction of a castle which resulted in a fortified enclosure of an irregular plane. It defended the northern flank of the city from attack. At the basis of the lighthouse was a watchtower from the Muslim period. The lighthouse has an iron structure designed by Rafael de la Cerda in 1908 and is the second electric powered lighthouse in Spain. The towers rises to 41 meters above the sea.

Interestingly, in 1811 the Maltese navy arrived with the famous POW/ rebel Junta of Buenos Aires, Juan Bautista Azopardo. He was housed in the fortress until 1815 year in which they suspecting a leak and was transferred to the military prison in Ceuta.

In 1860 a levee was built to serve as a link between the island and the city. On June 25 of 1985 Castillo de San Sebastian was declares a cultural landmark.

Cádiz - Castillo de San Sebastian by cinxxx, on Flickr

CinX · February 04, 2016, 09:10:15 PM

Cádiz - Castillo de San Sebastian by cinxxx, on Flickr

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