Iglesia de Santa Cruz (Church of the Holy Cross), Cadiz

The Church of the Holy Cross (Spanish: Iglesia de la Santa Cruz) is a Roman Catholic church in the Spanish city of Cádiz. It was the cathedral of the Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta between 1602 and 1838, when the new Cádiz Cathedral was completed.

Originally built in 1262 after the conquest of the city by Alfonso X, it was completely rebuilt by 1602 after the first building was burned down by a combined Anglo-Dutch fleet commanded by Admiral Edward Howard, who sacked Cádiz in 1596.

The exterior of the deck is tiled in various colors. The exterior of the vaults is covered with tiles of various colors from the beginning of the 17th century.

The bell tower is built in the fifteenth century, separated from the rest of the church, it is covered with a polychrome tiled spire. Constituted in its first two floors by a nucleus of stairs, communicating on the third floor with the Casa de la Contaduría (headquarters of the cathedral museum) being rectangular in shape ending in a spire, also covered with tiles.

The building is the parish headquarters, attended by a parish priest and a place where masses are celebrated.