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Cadiz, Spain:
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About Cadiz:
Cadiz 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. Websites about Cádiz:
Andalucia
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