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Cádiz is the provincial capital with the highest rate of unemployment in Spain. This, too, tends to depress the population level. Young Gaditanos, those between 18 and 30 years of age, have been migrating to other places in Spain ( Madrid and Castellón, chiefly), as well as to other places in Europe and the Americas.
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 . It is bordered by the Spanish provinces of Huelva, Seville, and Málaga, as well as the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the ...
Designated. 3 June 1931. Reference no. RI-51-0000493. The Cathedral of the Holy Cross over the Waters ( Spanish: Catedral de Santa Cruz sobre las Aguas) is a Catholic cathedral in Cádiz, southern Spain, and the seat of the Diocese of Cadiz y Ceuta. It was built between 1722 and 1838. The cathedral was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1931 ...
1217 – The city was raided by a group of Frisian crusaders en route to the Holy Land. [4] 1241 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Cádiz established. [5] 1262 – Cádiz taken by Alfonso X of Castile. [3] 1492 – Discovery of America renewed its prosperity. [3] 1587 – Spanish fleet attacked and Cádiz raided by Sir Francis Drake.
The Carnival of Cádiz ( Spanish: Carnaval de Cádiz) is one of the best-known carnivals in Spain. Its main characteristic is humor. Through sarcasm, mockery and irony, the main groups and the people of the street "purge" the most pressing problems of today. [1] The whole city participates in the carnival for more than two weeks each year, and ...
For other uses, see Algeciras (disambiguation). / 36.12750°N 5.45389°W / 36.12750; -5.45389. Algeciras ( Spanish: [alxeˈθiɾas]) is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located in the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, near the Strait of Gibraltar, it is the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar ...
RI-53-0000206. Vejer de la Frontera is a Spanish hilltop town and municipality in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, on the right bank of the river Barbate. The town of Vejer de la Frontera occupies a low hill overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar and surrounded by orchards and orange groves. It contains several ancient churches and convents ...
Ramsar Wetland. Official name. Bahía de Cádiz. Designated. 24 October 2002. Reference no. 1265 [2] The Bay of Cádiz is a body of water in the province of Cádiz, Spain, adjacent to the southwestern coast of the Iberian Peninsula . The Bay of Cádiz adjoins the Gulf of Cádiz, a larger body of water which is in the same area but further offshore.