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Cartagena is a city on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. Its history goes back to the year 227 BC, when the military man Hasdrubal of Carthage founded the city, whose name derives from Carthage. In Roman times, Cartagena became an important city, which was not least due to the large, strategically located natural harbor. The later Byzantines made Cartagena the capital of the province of Spain, but the city experienced a decline that made it a minor fishing town when the Moors conquered it in 714. After the Christian reconquest, the city grew, and activities and prosperity boomed again from 1728, when Cartagena became the seat of the Spanish fleet in the Mediterranean.
Today, you can explore many sights from different periods and cultures in Cartagena. You can start a tour of the beautiful city at Plaza Ayuntamiento, where Cartagena’s town hall is located. It was built 1900-1907 with a beautiful interior such as the Escalera Imperial staircase. From here you can go to Plaza Héroes de Cavita, which is towards the sea, and to the naval museum Museo Naval de Cartagena, which is housed in a former naval building from the 18th century. At the museum you can see the submarine Peral from 1888 as one of the highlights of the collection.
In Cartagena’s old town you can see ruins from several ages as well. The city’s Santa María la Vieja Cathedral from the 13th century was destroyed in 1939 during the Spanish Civil War, and you can still visit the place as it looked after the bombings. Next to the cathedral you can see the relatively well-preserved Roman theatre, which was built around the year 0. Next to the theater there is today an archaeological museum for the site. Not far from the theater are the ruins of a Roman amphitheater, which is being excavated under the site of a bullring from the 19th century.
At the top of Cartagena is the castle Castillo de la Concepción on the ridge of the same name. The castle was built as a reconstruction of an earlier fortress in the 13th century using materials from the nearby Roman amphitheater. From the castle there is a fantastic view over all of Cartagena and the city’s harbor. In the city, you can also visit the Cartagena Archaeological Museum and the Maritime Archaeological Museum. When you walk the streets, you can notice the city’s art nouveau buildings from the period of expansion in the earlier 20th century. You can see, for example, the Gran Hotel and Casino Cartagena.
Murcia is a city in southeastern Spain in the region of the same name. The city was founded in 825 by the Emir of Córdoba. It was named Mursiyah, which has become the Spanish Murcia. The Moors developed the area’s agriculture through irrigation from the River Segura, and it brought prosperity to Murcia.
Over the centuries, there were several governments and state formations in Muslim Murcia, before the Christian conquest made the city Spanish in 1243. After that, settlers came to Murcia from large parts of the Iberian Peninsula. With the declining importance of the Mediterranean for world trade, Murcia stagnated, but boomed again with the silk industry in the 18th century, and the city became the regional capital in 1833.
Alicante is a Spanish city at the Costa Blanca coastline, where visitors enjoy one of Europe’s mildest climates. It is wonderful to come here all year round with the many hours of sunshine, the tasty Spanish Mediterranean cuisine and the lovely sandy beaches along the entire coast north and south of Alicante.
Alicante, with its more than 300,000 inhabitants, is a metropolis with a long and interesting history. And there are a lot of sights in the cozy streets and squares of the old city. Sights are from present day Alicante and from bygone eras, and the two fortified castles on top of the city hills come on top of it all.
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Overview of Cartagena
Cartagena is a city on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. Its history goes back to the year 227 BC, when the military man Hasdrubal of Carthage founded the city, whose name derives from Carthage. In Roman times, Cartagena became an important city, which was not least due to the large, strategically located natural harbor. The later Byzantines made Cartagena the capital of the province of Spain, but the city experienced a decline that made it a minor fishing town when the Moors conquered it in 714. After the Christian reconquest, the city grew, and activities and prosperity boomed again from 1728, when Cartagena became the seat of the Spanish fleet in the Mediterranean.
Today, you can explore many sights from different periods and cultures in Cartagena. You can start a tour of the beautiful city at Plaza Ayuntamiento, where Cartagena’s town hall is located. It was built 1900-1907 with a beautiful interior such as the Escalera Imperial staircase. From here you can go to Plaza Héroes de Cavita, which is towards the sea, and to the naval museum Museo Naval de Cartagena, which is housed in a former naval building from the 18th century. At the museum you can see the submarine Peral from 1888 as one of the highlights of the collection.
In Cartagena’s old town you can see ruins from several ages as well. The city’s Santa María la Vieja Cathedral from the 13th century was destroyed in 1939 during the Spanish Civil War, and you can still visit the place as it looked after the bombings. Next to the cathedral you can see the relatively well-preserved Roman theatre, which was built around the year 0. Next to the theater there is today an archaeological museum for the site. Not far from the theater are the ruins of a Roman amphitheater, which is being excavated under the site of a bullring from the 19th century.
About the Cartagena travel guide
Contents: Tours in the city + tours in the surrounding area
Published: Released soon
Author: Stig Albeck
Publisher: Vamados.com
Language: English
About the travel guide
The Cartagena travel guide gives you an overview of the sights and activities of the Spanish city. Read about top sights and other sights, and get a tour guide with tour suggestions and detailed descriptions of all the city’s most important churches, monuments, mansions, museums, etc.
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