Historians affinn that Cadiz was founded over three thousand years
ago and that it is the oldest inhabited city in Europe. Since then,
it has experienced many changes, with eras of expansion and decline.
A seafaring, trading town, particularly lively and vigorous, Cadiz
surprises and appeals to the visitor at first sight due to its particular
urban design which is so rational, with straight, narrow streets,
towering facades with fine wrought ironwork and gardens of great botanical
variety by the sea, which surrounds and encompasses the town making
it almost an island. Passing through the Tierra Gateway of the restored
remains of the city walls and crossing the long strip of land which
joins Cadiz to the continent, we come face to face with this unique
town. The Baroque Cathedral features bright domes and a sumptuous
interior, so different in architectural style from the majority of
Spanish Cathedrals. Nearby is the old Santa Cruz Cathedral.

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