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Stories and traditions of Cádiz (Page 2)

Long-form pieces on the city's history, food, festivals and everyday life.

Merchant watchtowers rising above the rooftops of Cádiz at dusk with trading ships in the bay, a cadiz atlantic trade history scene

Cádiz and the Atlantic Trade: When One Port Held the Indies

Lucía Barbera Quintero

How Cádiz won Spain's monopoly on trade with America in 1717, grew rich on it and shaped two Gaditanos: the writer José Cadalso and the physician Mutis.

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Famous people from Cádiz: nine historical figures imagined against the old town roofline and the cathedral dome at sunset

Famous People From Cádiz and the Places They Left

Lucía Barbera Quintero Updated

Famous people from Cádiz, from consul Balbus to Falla and El Mellizo: nine names, each with the tomb, bust, plaque or museum that still marks them in the city.

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A man walks down a cobbled lane in Cádiz's old town toward the golden cathedral dome, the street where you hear how to pronounce Cádiz in Spain

How to Pronounce Cádiz and Where Its Name Comes From

Lucía Barbera Quintero

Say Cádiz as KAH-dith in Spain, stressing the first syllable. See why English shifts the stress and how Phoenician Gadir became Roman Gades and Arabic Qādis.

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Cádiz liberal history: the Oratorio de San Felipe Neri and the old town's rooftops under a bright Atlantic sky, a Cortes-era street scene

Liberal Cádiz: From the 1812 Constitution to Salvochea's Canton

Lucía Barbera Quintero Updated

Liberal Cádiz history in five steps: the 1812 Cortes, Mendizábal's 1836 convent sale, the 1868 revolution and Salvochea's 1873 canton, and where to see it.

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Roman Gades: the Cádiz seafront at dusk with salting vats and the stone curve of a Roman theatre rising beside an ancient harbour, in warm evening light

How Roman Gades Rose on Balbus Money and Salted Fish

Lucía Barbera Quintero Updated

Roman Gades went from federate city to Roman municipium in 49 BC. Meet the Balbus family, the garum trade and Columella, the farming writer born there.

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Golden-hour view of Cádiz, Spain, with the cathedral dome and the old town on its Atlantic peninsula

What Is Cádiz Known For? Gadir, 1812 and Carnival

Lucía Barbera Quintero Updated

Cádiz is known for Phoenician Gadir, the 1812 Constitution, a satirical Carnival and Atlantic tuna and fried fish. Here is how each one shaped the city.

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