Cádiz: Historical Place
Places and attractions in the Historical place category
Castillo de Santa Catalina
1600s fort and gallery with sea views Perched on the rocky coastline of Cádiz, the Castillo de Santa Catalina stands as a historical fortress that has withstood the test of time. This castle in Cádiz, Spain, is a quintessential example of military architecture from the late 16th century, offering...
Arco de los Blanco
Arco de los Blanco is an archway of the Castillo de la Villa in Cádiz, southern Spain. It has been declared a Bien de Interés Cultural site.
Arco del Pópulo
Arco del Pópulo is an archway of the city of Cádiz, southern Spain. It has been declared a Bien de Interés Cultural site. The Arco del Pópulo in the city of Cádiz is the primitive Puerta del Mar, because it accessed the port area, and was flanked by two cubes.
Oratorio de la Santa Cueva
The Oratorio de la Santa Cueva is an underground church in Cádiz. It was restored by the Veracruz-born priest, Don José Sáenz de Santa María, who also commissioned Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ for performance in the cave.
Oratorio de San Felipe Neri
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.
Hospital de Mujeres
Hospital of the Mother of God from Mount Carmel - a former Carmelite Hospital, currently the seat of the diocese of Cadules and Ceuta. The Hospital of the Mother of God from Mount Caramel is a baroque building built in the mid -eighteenth century on the initiative of Pedro Luis Gutierrez San Martin from Seville. The hospital was opened on October 16, 1749.
Torre Tavira
The Tavira Tower is the highest watchtower in the old city of Cadiz, 45 meters above sea level, and the second highest point, only surpassed by the towers of The Cathedral, at 56 m high.
Puerta de Tierra
The Puerta de Tierra is a redoubt of what was once the entrance wall to the city of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. Erected in the eighteenth century by Torcuato Cayón, the cover is carved in marble and is designed more as a religious altarpiece than as a...
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