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Founded as Gadir or Agadir by Phoenicians from Tyre, [16] [17] [18] Cádiz is often regarded as the most ancient city still standing in Western Europe. [19] The city was an important trading hub founded to access different metals including gold, tin, and especially silver. [6] The Phoenicians established a port in the 7th century BC. [20]
1749 – Jardín Botánico (garden) founded (approximate date). 1778 – "Colonial monopoly of the Port of Cádiz with the American colonies is abolished." [7] 1787 – Population: 71,080. 1797 – June: British Assault on Cádiz; Spaniards win. [3] 1800 – Bombarded by Nelson. [3] 1810 February: French Siege of Cádiz begins. [3]
Exhibition about the explosion in Cádiz, 2017. The Cádiz explosion was a military accident which occurred at 9:45 pm, on 18 August 1947 at a storage depot in the Base de Defensas Submarinas (Submarine Defence Base) in Cádiz, Spain, when some 1,737 sea mines, torpedoes and depth charges (of a total of 2,228 distributed in two depots), containing 200 tonnes of TNT and amatol, exploded for ...
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Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia.It is the southernmost part of mainland Spain, as well as the southernmost part of continental Europe.
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