Cádiz, Spain
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Good for kids
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
This impressive monument, located near the port in the Plaza of Spain which it dominates, commemorates the Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy also known as the Constitution of Cádiz (in Spanish Constitución Política de la Monarquía Española and Constitución de Cádiz, respectively) which was the first Spanish legislature, the Cortes of Cádiz, established on 19 March 1812, a time when much of Spain was ruled by the French. It was one of the earliest constitutions in world history and affirmed such principles as national sovereignty, freedom of the press, free enterprise, abolished feudalism, and established a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. The work of architect Modesto López Otero and sculptor Aniceto Marinas García, the monument and was built in 1912, the first centenary of the proclamation of the Spanish Cortes of 1812. The monument marks the spot where the Constitution was read for the first time. The lower level of the monument is semi-circular shape facing the port and representing a Legislative Chamber with an empty presidential chair. There are bronze equestrian statues on either side that represent war and peace. A pilaster rises in the center, to symbolize, in allegorical terms, the principles expressed in the 1812 constitutional document. At the foot of the pilaster, there is a matron representing Spain, and, to either side, groups of sculptures representing agriculture and citizenship, along with some reliefs alluding to the Cádiz resistance during the 1808-1814 Spanish War of Independence (the Guerra de la Independencia Española).
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Very nice place to walk around the park and feed the pegging and parrots. Good for pics as well.
If you like history,you will love it
Beautiful and friendly square which is quite. Has great plants and trees worth seeing.
It is certainly a big and pretty monument, great for a meeting point, and the bus stop is right next to it.
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