The Cortes of Cádiz was a revival of the traditional cortes, which as an institution had not functioned for many years, but it met as a single body, rather than divided into estates as with previous ones.
Monument in Cádiz to the Cortes and the 1812 constitution
Oath of the Cortes of Cádiz in the main parish church of San Fernando, the work of José Casado del Alisal. Presented at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid
Real Teatro de las Cortes, where the deputies who drafted the Spanish Constitution of 1812 met between September 24, 1810, and February 20, 1811.
Deputies of Cádiz Cortes by territories
The Cortes Generales are the bicameral legislative chambers of Spain, consisting of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
Image: Senado fachada Madrid
Image: Congreso de los Diputados (España) 17
Saint Isidoro Basilica, where the 1188 Cortes of León was held
Queen Maria de Molina presents her son Ferdinand IV to the 1295 Cortes of Valladolid.