Founded in around 1104 BC as Gadir or Agadir by Phoenicians from Tyre,[REF] Cádiz is sometimes counted as the most ancient city still standing in Western Europe [REF].
One of the city's notable features during antiquity was the temple on the south end of its island dedicated to the Phoenician god Melqart, who was conflated with Hercules by the Greeks and Romans under the names "Tyrian Hercules" and "Hercules Gaditanus".