Cartagena in Colombia.. The city's charm and history

Arabiaweather.com - Ismail Qasimi - Cartagena .. This charming and beautiful city, where you find breezes from east and west in South America, is not the Tunisian city of Carthage, but its name is taken only from the Spanish Cartagena (New Carthage) to be a wonderful city in Colombia .

Cartagena is one of the largest cities in Colombia, and it is the capital of the coastal region overlooking the Caribbean Sea. It is famous for its many historical monuments and ancient buildings, in addition to the beautiful nature in the mountainous and forested areas, as well as the golden sandy beaches.

The city includes a large group of tourist sites and attractions such as the steps of Mount La Popa, the castle of San Felipe de Barraja, the Palace of the Inquisition, and Las Bovidas, in addition to the walled city and the Museum of Gold.

The colonial city wall is one of the most important archaeological sites in the city, and the same applies to the Cartagena Castle, which was classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it raises tourist information with conversations and stories of the Spanish settlement movement in the region.

But the history of the region dates back to much before the arrival of the Spaniards, as the cultures of Hormiga, Al Monso, Caribou, Malibu, and Arawak lived for a long time on the coasts of Colombia, and archaeologists say that the history of the Cartagena region dates back to the fourth millennium BC, and that is according to what they found between Bolivar and Sucre from very old antiquities and remains, and it can be To learn more about the museums of Cartagena.

While the old city in Cartagena dates back to the Spanish colonial period, the English also had many influences after they brought a huge fleet and got the coast of Cartagena, destroying a large area of the city and building a large palace for them in the middle of it and a cathedral.

As for the modern tourist area on the island of Baru, it is the only one that is suitable for luxury marine tourism destinations. It has received a lot of development and the construction of luxury villas and hotels that have contributed to the prosperity of beach tourism in the city.