Merchants from Tyre may have established an…

Merchants from Tyre may have established an outpost at Cádiz, "the walled enclosure," as early as 1100 BCE as the westernmost link in what will become a chain of settlements lining the peninsula's southern coast.

If the accepted date of its founding is accurate, Cádiz is the oldest city in Western Europe, and it is even older than Carthage in North Africa.

It is the most significant of the Phoenician colonies.

From Cadiz, Phoenician seamen will explore the west coast of Africa as far as Senegal, and they will reputedly venture far out on the Atlantic.