Tower sights in Cádiz
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Cathedral
Cádiz's yellow-domed cathedral is an impressively proportioned baroque-cum-neoclassical construction but by Spanish standards very sober in its decoration. It fronts a broad, traffic-free plaza where the cathedral's ground-plan is picked out in the paving stones. The decision to build the cathedral was taken in 1716 but the project wasn't finished until 1838, by which time neoclassical elements, such as the dome, towers and main facade, had diluted Vicente Acero's original baroque plan.
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Torre Tavira
The Torre Tavira is the highest of Cádiz’s old watchtowers (in the 18th century the city had no fewer than 160 of these, built so that citizens could observe the comings and goings of ships without leaving home). It provides great panoramas and has a camera obscura projecting live images of the city onto a screen.
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Torre de Poniente
From a separate entrance on Plaza de la Catedral, climb to the top of the Torre de Poniente for marvellous vistas.
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