Public building · Cádiz

Cárcel Real

Today: Casa de Iberoamérica, Cádiz

Place: Cádiz
Kind: Public building
Built: c. 1794 to 1836
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The prison that Cádiz decided to build in 1792 on a better-ventilated site, designed by Torcuato Benjumeda: his plans carry the date 1794, though he signs with a title he did not hold until 1807. Juan Daura left it nearly finished in 1836, when it began to be used as a jail, and the last stretch, by the sea, was not completed until 1990. Since 2010 it has been the Casa de Iberoamérica, a cultural centre with exhibition rooms.

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