Cadix

Cadix (FR) spelling of Cadiz, city and province in Andalusia, southwestern Spain, on the Atlantic coast. Cadiz is on a little peninsula that used to be the island of Léon; it claims to be the oldest city of western Europe. According to legend, Hercules founded Cadiz. The nearby Strait of Gibraltar was called for centuries the »Pillars of Hercules.« Cadiz was settled perhaps as early as 1100 BC by Phoenician traders, and was called Gadir (»an enclosure«). In Roman times, the city was called…