Bay of Cádiz

36.494181666667 - 6.2168883333333Koordinaten: 36 ° 29 ' 39 " N, 6 ° 13' 1 " W

The Bay of Cádiz is a bay on the Atlantic coast of Spain. It is named after the city of Cádiz, which is on the protruding into the Bay peninsula.

Location

The bay is divided into two parts. The larger northern part is surrounded by the towns of Rota, El Puerto de Santa María and Cádiz. The rivers Rio Guadalete and Río San Pedro open here in the bay. The south is separated from the northern part by the Isla del Trocadero. In the southern part of the bay are the towns of Puerto Real and San Fernando. Again, extending the natural park Parque Natural de la Bahía de Cádiz. The narrowest point of the bay is spanned by the Puente José León de Carranza since 1969. About it the national road N -443 leads to Cadiz.

History

In the Bay of Cádiz, a part of the Spanish Armada in 1587 was captured during an attack by Francis Drake, burnt or sunk (→ disturbance of the preparations of the Spanish invasion ). He added the Armada to considerable damage and so forced the Spaniards to a shift in the invasion of England by one year (→ Spanish Armada ).

In addition, the bay has become known for the Battle of Trocadero, in the French army occupied the fort Trocadero under the Duke of Angoulême on August 31, 1823 against Cádiz and then conquered the city. The French invasion of Spain was commanded by Charles X. to free the captured Spanish king from the hands of constitutional revolutionaries and use the absolute monarchy.

Nowadays, the shipping line is dredged in the Gulf of Cádiz. In addition, many parts of shipwrecks, cannon balls, old coins, etc. are lifted.

High voltage power line across the Bay of Cádiz

In the 1950s, a high-voltage line was clamped with two three-phase circuits across the Bay of Cádiz, which are hung on both sides of the bay on two 160 meter high pylons.

• Bay in Spain
• Bay in Europe
• Bay (Atlantic Ocean )
• Spanish History
• Geography (Andalusia )