Bust of Diego de Alvear y Ponce de Leon by Fernando
Bust of Diego de Alvear y Ponce de Leon, 1749-1830, by Fernando Montero de Espinosa. Diego de Alvear was a Spanish military commander, politician and defender of the Siege of Cadiz by Napoleon in 1810-12, on the Calle Campo de las Balas, in Cadiz, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Cadiz is one of the oldest cities in Europe, founded by the Phoenicians in 1100 BC, and later became a Carthaginian then a Roman city, and Spain's constitution was signed here in 1812. It is situated on a peninsula on the Costa de la Luz. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13439340
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45160204
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4724px x 7087px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
