Oliva Town Hall
Plaza del Ayuntamiento nº 1.
Telephone 96 285 02 50
You will find particularly attractive buildings presiding the plaza along with
the statue of the Admiral Gabriel Císcar i Císcar, one of the most celebrated
inhabitants of our town.
He was born in 1760 in Oliva and was the nephew of local celebrity Gregorio
Mayans. Císcar was a great mathematician and naval officer. He published works
related to science and mathematics, all of which had some relation to the
seafaring world, and carried out experimental sea voyages. King Carlos IV named
him member of the Spanish Naval Commission, which represented the country in the
International Reunion in Paris in 1791 where the metric decimal system was
officially approved.
He was elected as Deputy of the Spanish Houses of Parliament on three occasions
during the absence of King Fernando VII. Císcar died as an exile in Gibraltar in
1829 and his remains are in the Pantheon of celebrated naval officers in San
Fernando (Cádiz).
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