. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. ipal street (Calle Ancha),in which are the exchangeand houses of the nobility The houses are generalij loftj CADIZ G27 und^well-built, witu oj)en central courts, sunnonntccT byturrets and flat roofs in tlie Moorish style. The principalpublic buUdings arc the two cathedrals (one built in the13lli century, the other begun in 1720; but not completedtill ); the Hospicio or Casa de Misericordia, adornedwith a marble portico, and having an interior court withDoric colonnades; the buU-ring, with room for 1
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. ipal street (Calle Ancha),in which are the exchangeand houses of the nobility The houses are generalij loftj CADIZ G27 und^well-built, witu oj)en central courts, sunnonntccT byturrets and flat roofs in tlie Moorish style. The principalpublic buUdings arc the two cathedrals (one built in the13lli century, the other begun in 1720; but not completedtill ); the Hospicio or Casa de Misericordia, adornedwith a marble portico, and having an interior court withDoric colonnades; the buU-ring, with room for 12,000spectators: the two theatres, the prison, the custom-house,.and the lighthouse of San Sebastian on the western side,rising 172 feet from the rock on which it stands. Besidesthe Hospicio already mentioned, which sometimes contains1000 inmates, there are numerous other charitable institu-tions, such as the womens hospital, the foundling institu-tion, the admirable Hospicio de San Juan de Dios formen, and the lunatic asylum. Gratuitous instruction is one: encmilc PUERTO ^£-MARIA ^f-. Plan of Cadiz and its , Fort Snn Sebastian. 3. Custom-House. E, Fort , Tlie Alameda. 1. 2. Academy of Fine ,\rts. 4. Capucliinos 6. Old and New Cathedrals. 6. SU. Marts. given to a large number of children, ^nd there are severalmathematical and commercial academies, maintained by?diflerent commercial corporations, a nautical school, aschool of design, a theological seminary, a flourishingmedical school, an Academia de Nohles Artes (founded in1789, principally by the exertions of Governor OReilly), anexcellent-observatory, and a, hydrographic depot. Thereare several public libraries attached to the various educa-tional establishments, but none of any note, The museumis filled for the most part with wretched copies of ancientmasterpieces, but in the chftrch of the Capuchinos, whichwas formerly a monastery, is an unfinished picture of themarriage of St Catheri
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