Tours of Ancient Andalusia
The Pillars of Herakles
CÁDIZ
ITINERARY: Jerez - Castillo de Doña Blanca - El Puerto
de Santa María - Bolonia - Los Algarbes - Carteia -
San Roque.
The southern coast that overlooks the passage from the Mediterranean
to the Atlantic is where the Pillars of Herakles or Hercules
were said to be, on either side of the Straits of Gibraltar,
they represented the western edge of the known world. Cadiz
was the port of Lower Andalusia and its strategic position
attracted successive colonizations. Native settlements date
from the prehistory; Phoenician and Punic colonies, Roman
cities all interlace and superimpose one upon the other, creating
a powerful substratum. The museum at Jerez de la Frontera
is good starting point in order to obtain an overall chronological
view of this area, where the Roman city and necropolis of
Carissa Aurelia are to be found near Bornos. The Atlantic
coast was most favoured by various settlers and severla towns
are to be found around the Bay of Cadiz devoted to trade and
fishing; it was also on the outskirts of the Tartessian kingdom
that covered the provinces of Huelva and Seville. Near El
Puerto de Santa María, on the road to El Portal, the
prothistoric town of Castillo de Doña Blanca (8th-4th
centuries BC) is being excavated, the ruins are impressive.
The objects found here, on show at the Museum at El Puerto
de Santa María, are related to the west throughout
antiquity. The Museum at Cadiz has many fine objects: jewels,
sarcophagi, statuettes of Melkart and other vestiges of its
semitic population.
Still further south before reaching Tarufa, at Bolonia, there
are the ruins of Baelo Claudia devoted to tunny fishing, that
gained widespread fame during the Roman empire. The remains
are in fair condirion and the wals, streets, forum and temples,
market place, basilica, theatre and salting factory can be
clearly distinguished. Near Tarifa on the road to Punta Paloma,
the site of Los Algarbes has a Bronze Age hypogean necropolis.
The Roman town of Carteia near San Roque was a traditng colony
of the Straits of Gibraltar where baths a theatre, forum and
temples and market have been found.
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| Routes:
dolmens
caves route, door
to the East route, andalusia
prehistory to islam, iron
ages, pillars
of herakles, baetica
romans towns, warriors
iberian citadels, almeria
baroque, cordova
baroque, granada,
jaen and malaga
baroque routes, bullfight
history, bullfight
spring itinerary, bullfight
summer itinerary, almeria
craft, cadiz
craft, cordova,
granada,
huelva,
jaen,
malaga
and seville
craft, carnival
route, festivals & fairs
routes, flamenco,
pilgrimages,
processions,
vintages,
cheese,
pork
and sweetes
routes, andalusia
and wines, arid
land landscape, cazorla
landscape, marshland,
mediterranean
landscape, moutains
areas, huelva
mountains, sierra
la morena, sierra
nevada, wet
lands, almeria
masterpieces, cadiz
masterpieces, cordoba,
granada,
huelva,
jaen, malaga
and seville
masterpieces, boabdil
castles, castle
routes, columbus
castles, frontier
castle, monasterys
castle, legacy
of ferdinand, manorial
estates castle, the
atlantic castle, the
mediterranean castle, cordoba
renaissance, jaen
renaissance, seville,
palatial, architeture
renaissance, alfarnate
wines, anisettes,
brandies,
huelva
wines, Jaen
wines, laujar,
malaga
wine, montilla
wine, rum,
villaviciosa
wines, The
Washington Irving route on a bicycle: from
seville to osuna (seville-Marchena,
Marchena-Osuna),
from
Osuna to Antequera (technical
chart), from
Antequera to Loja (technical
chart), from
Loja to Montefrio (technical
chart), flying
visit to Alhama (technical
chart),
from Montefrio to Granada (technical
chart), Gardens
of Cadiz and Malaga, of
Seville and Huelva, of
Cordova and Jaen, of
Granada and Almeria; The
Western and the
Central Route of White Villages; Romantic
Andalusia: Monumental, Navigable,
Oriental, Landscapes,
Contraband and Pathways
Routes; The
Western,
Northeast and Water
Route of
Subbetic Mountains; Islamic
Andalusia: Cadiz, Cordoba,
Granada
and Almeria , Seville
and Huelva, Malaga
and Jaen;
Popular
Architecture: Caves, Ranchos,
Jaen,
Alpujarras,
Axarquia,
White
Villages, Pedroches,
Huelva
and countryside,
20th
Century Architecture: Modernism, Historicism,
Modern
& Industrial
Architectures, Expositions |
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Almeria
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Cadiz
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Cordova
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Granada
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Huelva
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Jaen
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Seville
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Marbella
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Costa
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