7- Tavira tower

7- Tavira tower
The Torre Tavira is a watchtower and the highest point of the old town deCádiz , 45 meters above sea level. It is located in the palatial residence of the Marquis of Recaño (current Conservatory of Cádiz) , on the corner of streets Marqués del Real Tesoro and Sacramento, and was built in the eighteenth century in Baroque style. Designated official watchtower port of Cadiz in 1778 for being the high altitude , called its first watch , the frigate lieutenant Antonio Tavira.
It currently houses the Camera Obscura , one of the most symbolic of the city of Cadiz tourist attractions as well as two showrooms and a viewpoint from which you can admire all the historic center of the city.
The Dark Chamber opened in 1994 and is composed of an optical system that reflected on a white circular screen scenes that take place outside in real time during 15-minute sessions . The exhibition halls show through information panels developing the city of Cadiz and history in general and in particular the Tower during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. They can also admire the original telescope and the journal 's nest and current photographs of the nineteenth century, showing the changes undergone in the city over the last century