Taking into account the gradual role played by the Bay of Cádiz in Atlantic trade, our proposal aims to study the constructive evolution of the defensive system of the Cadiz port enclave of La Caleta during the 16th-18th centuries. In our analysis we will address the natural, social and strategic factors that would make La Caleta a natural reference space that would act as a catalyst for exchanges (population, cultural), and to the same extent as a defensive shelter for the city.
