LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Saturday, April 1, 2023

Cádiz Is Ancient

 


The plaza through which we walked from our Convento Hotel, to enter the truly old Cádiz.



Thus we entered streets such as this on our way to the excavations and the Atlantic.


How old is this wall, its name? There were Africans in Cádiz more than likely before the Phoenicians' first arrivals, which were at least by 800 B.C,  People were certainly living there before then, who had worthwhile products to trade, such as gold, silver, iron, tin (which the Iberian Celts perhaps were trading for with Corish Celts), wheat, horses, probably wine, as wine cultivation is so ancient throughout the Mediterranean regions.



The remains (only partially excavated) were discovered in 1980. The theatre, which was likely built during the 1st century BC and was one of the largest ever built in the Roman empire, was abandoned in the 4th century and, in the 13th century, a fortress was built on its ruins by order of King Alfonso X of Castile.

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