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This
impressive
monument,
located
near
the
port
in
the
Plaza
of
Spain
which
it
dominates,
commemorates
the
Political
Constitution
of
the
Spanish
Monarchy
also
known
as
the
Constitution
of
Cádiz
(in
Spanish
Constitución
Política
de
la
Monarquía
Española
and
Constitución
de
Cádiz,
respectively)
which
was
the
first
Spanish
legislature,
the
Cortes
of
Cádiz,
established
on
19
March
1812,
a
time
when
much
of
Spain
was
ruled
by
the
French.
It
was
one
of
the
earliest
constitutions
in
world
history
and
affirmed
such
principles
as
national
sovereignty,
freedom
of
the
press,
free
enterprise,
abolished
feudalism,
and
established
a
constitutional
monarchy
with
a
parliamentary
system.
The
work
of
architect
Modesto
López
Otero
and
sculptor
Aniceto
Marinas
García,
the
monument
and
was
built
in
1912,
the
first
centenary
of
the
proclamation
of
the
Spanish
Cortes
of
1812.
The
monument
marks
the
spot
where
the
Constitution
was
read
for
the
first
time.
The
lower
level
of
the
monument
is
semi-circular
shape
facing
the
port
and
representing
a
Legislative
Chamber
with
an
empty
presidential
chair.
There
are
bronze
equestrian
statues
on
either
side
that
represent
war
and
peace.
A
pilaster
rises
in
the
center,
to
symbolize,
in
allegorical
terms,
the
principles
expressed
in
the
1812
constitutional
document.
At
the
foot
of
the
pilaster,
there
is
a
matron
representing
Spain,
and,
to
either
side,
groups
of
sculptures
representing
agriculture
and
citizenship,
along
with
some
reliefs
alluding
to
the
Cádiz
resistance
during
the
1808-1814
Spanish
War
of
Independence
(the
Guerra
de
la
Independencia
Española).
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