This statue is dedicated to Segismundo Moret y Prendergast, a Spanish politician and writer, as a true patriot. He was born in Cádiz, on 02/06/1833, and studied at the Universidad Central, Madrid, where in 1858 he became professor of political economy. In 1863 he was elected representative to parliament as an independent representing the town of Almadén in the province of Ciudad Real. He later became president of the House of Representatives (Congreso de los Diputados) a post which he held until his death on 28/01/1913.

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This statue is dedicated to Segismundo Moret y Prendergast, a Spanish politician and writer, as a true patriot. He was born in Cádiz, on 02/06/1833, and studied at the Universidad Central, Madrid, where in 1858 he became professor of political economy. In 1863 he was elected representative to parliament as an independent representing the town of Almadén in the province of Ciudad Real. He later became president of the House of Representatives (Congreso de los Diputados) a post which he held until his death on 28/01/1913.

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Monument in honour of the Cádiz citizen of the Roman Empire, Lucius Cornelio Balbo "The Lesser", African proconsul, with military triumphs against the Garamantes. He lived in the 1st century BC.

The sculpture is made up of the representation of Cornelio Balbo, with a lamb's head on the ground, made of white marble and located in the centre of a circular fountain that serves as a roundabout. In front of it, about 15 meters away, there is a plaque showing who the character represented in the sculpture is.

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These are the city's patron saints, Christian martyrs from the Roman era, the nearest of the two being Estatua de San Germán.

San Servando (the guard) and San Germán (the spear-bearer), have been patron saints of the city since the 17th century, when they replaced the apostle Santiago, who had previously been the patron saint.

Servando and Germán were two brothers from a Christian family. They were the sons of a Roman centurion from Emérita Augusta (present-day Mérida), and following family tradition, they enlisted in the legion while preaching the new faith of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

They are raised on 8-meter Ionic columns with bases decorated with the coats of arms of the Marquis of Valdecañadas, the Spanish Crown, and the City of Cádiz. Both figures are represented as Roman legionaries, following the iconographic tradition of these saints.

These sculptures were originally installed at the now-disappeared Sea Gate, which was the entrance to the pier opposite Plaza de San Juan de Dios. In 1945, they were moved here, where they now stand. elpimpidecadiz.blogspot.com/p/monumentos-san-servando-y-s....

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Passeo del Vendaval. La Perla de Cádiz (The Pearl of Cadiz) is the stage name of Antonia Gilabert Vargas (Cádiz, 1924 - Cádiz, 1975), who was a Spanish gypsy (gitana) flamenco singer. Of gypsy ethnicity, daughter of flamenco artists, her father was the guitarist Juan Gilabert and her mother the singer Rosa Vargas Fernández, known as Rosa la Papera. She was born in Calle de la Botica, in the Santa María district. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perla_de_C%C3%A1diz.

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