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Ayuntamiento (Town Hall) in the Plaza de San Juan de Dios - Cadiz
The Town Hall is located in the square of San Juan de Dios. The first phase was built in the Neoclassic style by the architect Benjumeda in 1799 and the second phase was in the Isabelline style by the architect Garcia del Alamo in 1861.
If you are interested in a facinating bit of history, read on:
Cadiz is a city of myth and legend. It is essentially the oldest continuously-inhabited city in Europe. It is the capital of the Cadiz Province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia.
The city was originally founded 3000 years ago, in 1100BC, as Gadir (which means "walled city") by the Phoenicians, who used it as a trading post for various commodities like tin, silver and Amber.
Later, the Greeks knew the city as Gadira or Gadeira. According to Greek legend, Gadir was supposedly founded by Hercules after performing his fabled tenth labor, the slaying of Geryon, a monstrous warrior-titan with three heads and three torsos joined to a single pair of legs. As late as the early 3rd century, a tumulus (a large earthen mound) near Cádiz was associated with Geryon's final resting-place.
Around 500 BC, the city fell under the sway of Carthage. Cadiz became a base of operations for Hannibal’s conquest of southern Iberia.
In 206 BC, the city fell to Roman forces. The people of Cadiz welcomed the victors. Under the Romans, the city's Greek name was modified to Gades and it was used as a Roman naval base. It was the principal city of the Roman colonies. However, with the decline of the Roman Empire, Gades's commercial importance began to fade.
The overthrow of the Romans by the Visigoths in 410AD saw the destruction of the original city, of which there remain few remnants today.
The city was later re-conquered by Justinian in 550AD as a part of the Byzantine province of Spania. It would remain Byzantine until a re-conquest in 572AD, and returned to the Visigoth Kingdom.
Under Moorish rule, between 711 and 1262AD, the city was called Qādis which is Arabic, from which the modern Spanish name, Cádiz, was derived. The Moors were finally ousted by Alphonso X of Castile in 1262.
Cadiz, Spain
Ayuntamiento (Town Hall) in the Plaza de San Juan de Dios - Cadiz
The Town Hall is located in the square of San Juan de Dios. The first phase was built in the Neoclassic style by the architect Benjumeda in 1799 and the second phase was in the Isabelline style by the architect Garcia del Alamo in 1861.
If you are interested in a facinating bit of history, read on:
Cadiz is a city of myth and legend. It is essentially the oldest continuously-inhabited city in Europe. It is the capital of the Cadiz Province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia.
The city was originally founded 3000 years ago, in 1100BC, as Gadir (which means "walled city") by the Phoenicians, who used it as a trading post for various commodities like tin, silver and Amber.
Later, the Greeks knew the city as Gadira or Gadeira. According to Greek legend, Gadir was supposedly founded by Hercules after performing his fabled tenth labor, the slaying of Geryon, a monstrous warrior-titan with three heads and three torsos joined to a single pair of legs. As late as the early 3rd century, a tumulus (a large earthen mound) near Cádiz was associated with Geryon's final resting-place.
Around 500 BC, the city fell under the sway of Carthage. Cadiz became a base of operations for Hannibal’s conquest of southern Iberia.
In 206 BC, the city fell to Roman forces. The people of Cadiz welcomed the victors. Under the Romans, the city's Greek name was modified to Gades and it was used as a Roman naval base. It was the principal city of the Roman colonies. However, with the decline of the Roman Empire, Gades's commercial importance began to fade.
The overthrow of the Romans by the Visigoths in 410AD saw the destruction of the original city, of which there remain few remnants today.
The city was later re-conquered by Justinian in 550AD as a part of the Byzantine province of Spania. It would remain Byzantine until a re-conquest in 572AD, and returned to the Visigoth Kingdom.
Under Moorish rule, between 711 and 1262AD, the city was called Qādis which is Arabic, from which the modern Spanish name, Cádiz, was derived. The Moors were finally ousted by Alphonso X of Castile in 1262.
Cadiz, Spain