Cadiz

Spain, an important seaport city, capital of a province, which - forms a part of And alus i a. It reached: its highest prosperity after the discovery of America, when it became the depot of al] the commerce with the New World; declined greatly as a commercial city after the emancipation of the Spanish colonies in South America; but again revived, owing partly to the extension of the Spanish railway system, and partly to the establishment of lines of steamers. Cadiz is one of the most ancient towns in Europe, having been built by the Pheenicians, under the name of Gaddir (“fortre ”), about 1100 pz. c. It afterwards pa ed into the hands of the Cart hag in i ans, from whom it was captured by the Romans, who named it Gades, and under them it soon became a city of vast wealth and importance.