The centrally located Calle Ancha in the old city of Cádiz has looked the same for hundreds of years. The elegant facades of the houses of the city's wealthiest citizens are still intact and well maintained. Some have needed to be converted into tourist flats in order to survive in the most expensive area of the city.
La céntrica Calle Ancha de la vieja ciudad de Cádiz mantiene el mismo aspecto desde hace cientos de años. Las elegantes fachadas de las casas de los ciudadanos más ricos de la ciudad siguen intactos y bien mantenidos. Algunos han necesitado convertirse en apartamentos turísticos para poder sobrevivir en la zona más cara de la ciudad.
Balconies retain their wrought ironwork and handmade glass. Flower boxes add a touch of colour.
Los balcones mantienen la forja y los cristales fabricados a mano. Jardineras con flores dan un toque de color.
The Calle Ancha is now pedestrianised and in the shops you can find bars, cafés and ice-cream parlours where you can sit and enjoy the atmosphere of a place that has been untouched for centuries.
La Calle Ancha actualmente es peatonal y en los locales se puede encontrar bares, cafeterías y heladerías donde sentarse y disfrutar del ambiente de un lugar intacto desde hace siglos.
On the lampposts you will find the coat of arms of Lisbon made of wrought iron. A ship with two crows. One at the bow and the other at the stern.
En las farolas se encuentra hecho en forja el escudo de Lisboa. Un Barco con dos cuervos. Uno a proa y el otro a popa.
Other buildings have been converted into multiple flats with the inner courtyards remaining as a communal area. Possibly this dwelling was the home of a wealthy merchant of the city. Cadiz was the point of arrival of all the products from America.
Otros edificios se han convertido en múltiples apartamentos quedando los patios interiores como zona comunitaria. Posiblemente esta vivienda era la casa de un rico comerciante de la ciudad. Cádiz fue el punto de llegada de todos los productos de América.
Other buildings are rented flats. It is a luxury for a traveller to be able to stay in a street with so much history and beauty. Buildings that withstood the bombardment of the cannons of Napoleon's troops trying to take the only city in Spain that was still free.
Otros edificios son apartamentos de alquiler. Un lujo para un viajero poder acomodarse en una calle con tanta historia y belleza. Edificios que llegaron a soportar los bombardeos de los cañones de las tropas de Napoleón intentando tomar la única ciudad de España que aún aguantaba libre.
There is a song that was sung in the city to encourage the population against Napoleon's attacks.
Hay una copla que cantaban en la ciudad para animar a la población de los ataques de Napoleón.
With the bombs that the braggarts throw, the Cádiz women make themselves into ringlets".
"Con las bombas que tiran los fanfarrones, se hacen las gaditanas tirabuzones".
When the bombs exploded, they exploded in wavy pieces of metal. By not causing casualties, they implied that this material was used to shape the ladies' manes.
Las bombas al estallar saltaban en pedazos metálicos con forma onduladas. Al no causar víctimas, daban a entender que usaban ese material para dar forma a las melenas de las señoras.
I already miss the walks through the oldest city in southern Spain.
Ya echo de menos los paseos por la ciudad más vieja del Sur de España.
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