Cadiz / Cádiz

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view of church interior - altar and retable

Scene Description: the main altar

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view of church interior - altar and retable

Scene Description: one of the side altars

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view of church interior - altar and retable

Scene Description: one of the side altars

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: one of the floats being readied for the Holy Week procession

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: one of the floats being readied for the Holy Week procession

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: one of the floats being readied for the Holy Week procession

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: one of the floats being readied for the Holy Week procession

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: one of the floats being readied for the Holy Week procession

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: one of the floats being readied for the Holy Week procession

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2018 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: the modern replacement font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21650CAD
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Cruz [aka Catedral Vieja]
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross
Church Location: Plaza Fray Felix s/n, 1105 Cadiz, Spain -- Tel.: +34 956 287 704
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cádiz, Andalucía
Directions to Site: The former cathedral is located just E of the new cathedral, off the Avda. Campo del Sur and the bay
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Cádiz y Ceuta
Century and Period: 13th century / 16th century, Gothic / Mudéjar
Church Notes: this church was converted from a mosque into Cadiz' Christian cathedral in the 13thC, but new evidence has been discovered of an original PalaeoChristian and a Visigothic temple on this site; the present cathedral dates from the 18thC and replaced the old one in 1838
The present font in this church, the former cathedral of Cadiz, is modern [NB: we have no information of the original font(s) of the 13th-century and 16th-century churches here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 36.5284, -6.29436
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 36° 31′ 42.24″ N, 6° 17′ 39.7″ W
UTM: 29S 742242 4045964