A flower-decorated building in the historic center of Cadiz.
The center of Cadiz is a dense maze of alleys. Some are a little dark and hidden. Others are bright and well-kept like this one.
Not far from the cathedral on this street very popular with tourists and locals, there was this beautiful cafe with tables outside immersed in these beautiful purple flowers that decorated the facade.
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Photo taken with Canon EOS RP and lens Canon RF 24-50.
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It is probably the oldest city founded in the western Mediterranean area by the Phoenicians in the 11th century BC, although its birth is now officially dated back to the end of the 8th century BC.
Founded with the original name of Gadir (in Phoenician: Gdr, fortress, with the same etymology as Agadir in Morocco) on what was once a small archipelago and now a single island, to exploit the rich trade routes with the Atlantic Ocean in the copper and tin trade. In ancient Greece it was known as Gadeira and in the times of the Roman Empire as Gades from which the current gentilic name of gaditano derives.
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