The Best Monuments in the Province of Cadiz

TUDESTINO will help you discover all the important monuments of the province of Cadiz, with a list of the most influential and historical ones.

The Best Monuments in the Province of Cadiz
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If you visit the province of Cadiz, you will surely be surprised by the great number of monuments there. This is consequence of the great history that has taken place in the province, where different people and cultures have settled, like the Phoenicians, Romans, Visigoths, Arabs and Christians.

location of the monuments is very varied. In any of the towns there is something important with years of history, and people can visit them. It’s a great option to get to know a little more about the history of the province of Cadiz.

Egyptian Sarcophagi in the main museums, Phoenician amphoras, historical and beautiful theatres, religious temples, ancient bridges that linked important areas and have also served as defensive walls, water pipes, defensive castles even from the Arab period to avoid the later Christian reconquista, fountains, defensive walls and gateways to cities, arches, tombs of old artists and important figures of the province, such as Rocío Jurado’s in Chipiona or Camarón de la Isla’s in San Fernando. Finally, you can also find synagogues, mosques, churches and cathedrals. You can discover all this and more.

Discover The Best Monuments in the Province of Cadiz

Fountains of Algodonales
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The Fountains of Algodonales provide the town with crystal clear water. Due to its great taste and purity, there are many important fountains. The High Fountain (with a trough of relative bearing), the Lower Fountain (with twelve pipes and an old remodelled washing place). The Cristóbal Gómez Fountain, Manantial de los Dornajos, Cabera Fountain, Orihuela...

Arco del Pópulo
4.3
The Arco del Pópulo was the primitive Puerta del Mar (“Doorway to the sea”), since it was the main access to the port area of Cádiz. At the beginning of the 17th century, the chapel of Nuestra Señora del Pópulo was built before it. It gives the current appearance of a passage. The characteristics of...

Fuente Grande
4.6
Fuente Grande captures its natural water from a spring named alike. This flows through five pipes, ending in the old communal laundry. Today it has been recovered for ornamental use and protected with a base. Known since the origins of the Moorish settlement, it makes the most of the wealth of springs of Alcalá del...

Cippus
4.7
The Funerary Cippus of Prado del Rey (Province of Cadiz) is a piece of great archaeological value from the 2nd century AD. This element usually consists of a pilaster, a pedestal or a piece of column that was placed in the tombs to honour the deceased. In this case, it is dedicated to Fabia Fabiana,...

Arco de la Rosa
4.5
The Arco de la Rosa gets its name from a small chapel that housed the Virgen de la Rosa, in Cádiz. It has undergone several modifications over time. The original access was made using a zig zag queue shaped entrance, enforced by a tower that today no longer exists. The width was expanded to allow...

Murallas de San Carlos (San Carlos Walls)
4.6
The Murallas de San Carlos (San Carlos Walls) are part of a semi-bastion, built at the end of the 18th century in Cadiz. It was an ambitious plan of defence and remodelling of port facilities and buildings of this area of the city. Nearby, the Triumph of la Immaculada is located, a Genoese work from...

Arco de los Blanco
4.5
The Arco de los Blanco was known as Puerta de Tierra, but not to be confused with the current one. It was located right beside the village’s castle, in Cádiz. To the original arched opening, different constructions were added. These transformed its original appearance. Its name comes from a family that rose, in the 17th...

El Cao (Artillery Canal of Charles III)
4.5
El Cao (Canal of Artillery of Charles III of Spain) was a water conveyance that served the surrounding mills, blast furnaces, canon factories and iron batteries. It was installed by Charles III of Spain in the late 18th century in Jimena de la Frontera (Province of Cadiz). Bombs and cannonballs were produced there. It worked...

La Salada Roman Water Tank and Fountain
4.6
La Salada Roman Water Tank and Fountain (Depósitos y Fuente Romanos de La Salada), in Alcalá de los Gazules, have been recently excavated. They were built to take advantage of a spring that appeared unexpectedly from the rock. It dates back to the 2nd century B.C. The set consists of reservoirs, triumphal arches and the...

Los Pozos (The Wells)
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Los Pozos are several wells of Arabic origin. They are good examples of the typical architecture of Alcalá de los Gazules. They receive the following names: the high well (Pozo de Arriba), the middle well (Pozo de Enmedio) and the lower well (Pozo de...

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