It was built for the defense of the city, began at the end of the sixteenth century after the attack of the legendary Sir Francis Drake. The fortification is the most complete of the continent of South America and one […]
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It was built for the defense of the city, began at the end of the sixteenth century after the attack of the legendary Sir Francis Drake. The fortification is the most complete of the continent of South America and one […] Desde su fundación y a través de los siglos Cartagena ha sido conocida con diferentes nombres que hacen alusión a sus momentos de gloria. Fue Cartagena de Poniente, para diferenciarla de su hermana Cartagena de Levante en España; fue La […]
Walls of cartagena
Patrimonio de la humanidad
On the Horno Hill, also on the island of Tierrabomba near San Fernando and the Battery of Santa Barbara, the battery named Ángel San Rafael was erected. Antonio de Sala had already warned of the need to fortify this hill […] A barrier constructed by Antonio de Arévalo in 1779 to protect the beach that developed in front of the Bulwark of Santa Catalina because of the construction of the Marina Wall (1765-1771), designed by the same engineer to eliminate the […] It was one of the first sections constructed in the walled city, flanking the Bulwark of Santo Domingo on the left. Begun around 1614 by order of the governor, Diego de Acuña, its plan was designed by the engineer Cristóbal […]
The Battery of Ángel San Rafael
The Breakwater of Santa Catalina, “La Tenaza”
The Bulwark of Santiago Apostol
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