Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Cádiz, Spain

The church of Santiago de Cádiz is a Catholic temple from 1635 in the Mannerist style. It is located in the Plaza de la Catedral and was the headquarters of a school of the Society of Jesus in this city, of which today only the temple remains.

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The Monument to Emilio Castelar in Cádiz (Spain), the work of the sculptor Eduardo Barrón, is located in the centre of what was once Plaza de Castelar, now Plaza de la Candelaria. It pays tribute to Emilio Castelar, from Cadiz, who was born at number 1 of the same square, on September 7, 1832. In its place there was previously a small fountain. The initiative was due to Mayor Luis José Gómez Aramburu. The foundry was made in 1905 by Ignacio Arias, in Madrid.

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The Palacio de la Aduana, also known as the Palacio de la Diputación, is a building located in the city of Cádiz, Spain. It is located within the neoclassical style, sober and with broad and balanced proportions. It currently houses the facilities of the Provincial Council of Cádiz.

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The Plaza de España in Cádiz is one of the most emblematic in the capital of Cádiz.

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The Monument to the Constitution of 1812 is a monument in Cádiz, Spain that commemorates the centennial of the signing of the Constitution of 1812. The monument, commissioned in 1912 and completed in 1929, is located in the centre of the Plaza de España in Cádiz.

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The house of the Four Towers is located in the heart of the San Carlos neighborhood of the city of Cadiz (Spain). It is, in fact, a harmonious ensemble made up of four houses. Juan Clat Fragela, a Syrian merchant established in the city, was the promoter of this building, erected between 1736 and 1745. Aware of the uniqueness of his project, Fragela gave up part of the plot he owned to leave a free space in front of the construction and thus achieve a better view of the whole. It is listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest.

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The house of the Five Towers is a homogeneous group of buildings located in the Plaza de España, in the city of Cádiz (Spain). These are five different houses built on a block of large proportions, which were built around 1771 and are in the Baroque style, from the transition to neoclassical. It is listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest.

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The Museum of Cadiz is a museum located in Cádiz, Spain. It was founded in 1970 after the merger of the Provincial Museum of Fine Arts with the Provincial Museum of Archaeology. It is on three floors, archaeology on the ground floor, art on the first, and puppets on the second floor. Entry is free for citizens of the European Union.

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The Mina Square is a public space of the city of Cádiz (Spain) of unique historical and artistic value.

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The Convent of San Francisco de Cádiz is a former Franciscan convent located inside the old town of the city, in the central square of the same name. Of the original complex, only the cloister and the church remain.

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The Oratorio de la Santa Cueva is a church composed of two chapels, one superimposed above the other, adjacent to the Holy Rosary church in Cádiz.

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The Church of the Conversion of San Pablo, known as the Church of San Pablo, in the city of Cádiz is a Catholic temple of the seventeenth century that was rebuilt in neoclassical style at the end of the eighteenth century.

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Mora's house-palace is located on Calle Ancha, within the historic center of the city of Cádiz (Spain). The property, listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest since 1981, dates from the mid-nineteenth century and is the work of the architect Juan de la Vega y Correa.

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The salting factory of the Teatro de Andalucía in Cádiz (Spain) gives its name to an archaeological site that corresponds to an industrial complex from Roman times.

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The Palace of Recaño or Palace of the Marquises of Casa Recaño is a palace in the city of Cádiz built in the eighteenth century for the Genoese patrician Bernardo Recaño, 1st Marquis of Casa Recaño. Its lookout tower, called Torre de Tavira, is the tallest in the city. It housed the first seat of the Supreme Court of Spain (1812) as well as the School of Noble Arts of Cádiz (1838). It is currently home to the Carnival Museum.

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The Tavira Tower is the tallest watchtower in the old city of Cadiz, with approx. 33 meters above the ground and 45 meters above sea level, and the second highest point, only surpassed by the towers of La Catedral, at approx. 58 meters above sea level. It is located in the House-Palace of the Marqueses de Recaño, on the corner of Marqués del Real Tesoro and Sacramento streets, and was built in the eighteenth century in Baroque style. Designated the official watchtower of the port of Cadiz in 1778 because it was the highest, it was named after its first lookout, Lieutenant Antonio Tavira. It currently houses the Camera Obscura, one of the most symbolic tourist attractions in the city of Cadiz.

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The Hospital de Nuestra Señora del Carmen located in the city of Cádiz (Spain) is a baroque building from the mid-eighteenth century, and is the work of Pedro Luis Gutiérrez de San Martín, a Sevillian master, (1705-1792).

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The church of San Lorenzo Mártir located at the confluence of Calle Sagasta nº 55 and Calle Armengual nº 3 in Cádiz (Spain) is due to the patronage of Bishop Lorenzo Armengual de la Mota, with the intention of providing the neighborhood of La Viña with a parish aid.

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Iconographic and Historical Museum of the Cortes and Site of Cadiz. Today called the Museum of the Cortes. It is a historic art gallery located on Santa Inés Street in Cádiz. It was born as a reference within the events carried out in the city to commemorate the Centenary of the Constitution of 1812, the first in the History of Spain.

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The Church of Oratorio de San Felipe Neri is a church built between 1685 and 1719, located in Cádiz, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1907.

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The Gran Teatro Falla is a theater in the city of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. It is located in the Plaza Fragela, facing the Casa de las Viudas and adjacent to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Cádiz.

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The people of Cadiz, in recognition of gratitude, tried to put a monument to Don Cayetano del Toro y Quartiellers in the Plaza de Mina, at the suggestion of the Hon. Mrs. Patrocinio de Biedma, wishing that Mariano Benlliure sculpt it. This project did not come to fruition. When he died, the Hispano-American Academy of Cádiz did not want to delay this tribute any longer and encouraged the collection that was to erect him in what was then called Plaza de Méndez Núñez. Patrocinio de Biedma died on September 14, 1927, in Cádiz, without seeing his purpose of making the monument to his friend Cayetano del Toro fulfilled.

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The Casa Fragela, or as it is traditionally known, the Casa de las Viudas, is a building in Cádiz located in Plaza Fragela, in front of the Teatro Falla. The house was paid for and built at the initiative of Juan Clat Fragela, a wealthy merchant of Armenian origin, who gave it to accommodate widows and women without economic resources.

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The church of Carmen or church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen and Santa Teresa that is located in the Alameda Marqués de Comillas, in the city of Cádiz is a Catholic temple of baroque style.

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The Baluarte de la Candelaria is a fortification of Cádiz from the Modern Age. It is an Asset of Cultural Interest.

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José Celestino Mutis y Bosio, from Cadiz, baptized in the Parish of Santa Cruz, managed to create a justified universal fame for his studies in Botany.

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Parque Genovés is a historical garden located in the seaside of Cádiz city in Andalusia, Spain. Its origin can be traced back to the middle of the 19th century, having been widened and remodeled a few times since then.

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The Castle of Santa Catalina is a castle located in Cádiz, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1993.

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The Spa of Our Lady of Palma and the Royal is a spa located in Cádiz, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1990.

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The San Sebastian Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the fortress at the entrance to the port of Cadiz, the Castle of San Sebastian, in the province of Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain. The fortress has been classified as an Asset of Cultural Interest since 1993 and the lighthouse is managed by the port authority of the Port of the Bay of Cadiz.

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