Sunset in Cadiz Cathedral View from Levante Tower Cadiz Spain

by Pablo Avanzini

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Sunset in Cadiz Cathedral View from Levante Tower Cadiz Spain

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Pablo Avanzini

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Cadiz Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cadiz, 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 Interes Cultural in 1931.

The Plaza de la Catedral houses both the Cathedral and the Baroque Santiago church, built in 1635.

The church was known as "The Cathedral of The Americas" because it was built with money from the trade between Spain and America. The 18th century was a golden age for Cadiz, and the other cathedral that the city had got, Santa Cruz, was very small for this new moment of Cadiz. The new cathedral was built from 1722 to 1838. The first person who designed the church was architect Vicente Acero, who had also built the Granada Cathedral. Acero left the project and was succeeded by several other architects. As a result, this largely baroque-style cathedral was built over a period of 116 years, and, due to this drawn-out period of construction, the cathedral underwent several major changes to its original design. Though the cathedral was originally intended to be a baroque edifice, it contains rococo elements, and was finally completed in the neoclassical style. Its chapels have many paintings and relics from the old cathedral and monasteries from throughout Spain.

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June 18th, 2017

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