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Originally, the Ayutamiento (Town Hall) was in the popular district of Pópulo, within the walled city. The actual building was built in 1799, based on a proyect of Torcuato Benjemuda.
Subsequently, the building was reformed by Manuel García del Álamo, using the Isabelian type ornamentation.
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Gran Teatro Falla (Grand Theatre Falla). The Theatre was built following the proyect of Adolfo Morales de los Ríos, under the orders of the local architect Don Cayetano Santolalla de la Fuente. In 1887, the unfinished building was handed over to the City Council.
It was not until 1910 that the Grand Theatre was finished and inaugurated on January 12th with the opera La Boheme, from Puccini. In 1926 the Grand Theatre changed its name to Gran Teatro Falla, in honour of the great in Cadiz born composer. |
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Playa de la Caleta (Caleta Beach). The most famous beach of Cadiz, it always appears in the Carnaval popular songs for its beauty and importance in everyday’s life for the Viña district. A must is a photograph of the Caleta beach with the fishing boats during dusk.
The beach belongs to the Old City and is wrapped by two castles: the castles of San Sebastian and Santa Cristina. In the middle of the beach there is a building, formelrly a health resort, but actually the Andalusian Centre for Underwater Activities. The beach is 450 metres long and a medium width of 30 metres at low tide. The calcareous-silica sand is very fine and golden coloured.
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