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Overview:
Cadiz,
Spain, stands
on a peninsula jutting out into a bay, and is almost entirely
surrounded by water. Named Gadir by the Phoencians, who founded
their trading post in 1100 BC, it was later controlled by the
Carthaginians, until it became a thriving Roman port. It sank
into oblivion under the Visigoths and Moors, but attained great
splendour in the early 16th century as a launching point for the
journey to the newly discovered lands of America.
Cadiz
was later raided by Sir Francis Drake, in the struggle to gain
control of trade with the New World, and managed to withstand a
siege by Napoleon's army. In the early 19th century Cadiz became
the bastion of Spain's anti-monarchist, liberal movement, as a
result of which the country's first Constitution was declared
here in 1812.
Many of the Cadiz's
most reasonably priced, traditional restaurants are located in
and around the Plaza Juan de Dios, just in from the port and
where there is a tight mass of alleyways crammed with bars and
restaurants.
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