Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena

Cultural
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
Photo: Igvir Ramirez / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Country Colombia
Year inscribed1984
Criteria(iv)

Overview

Situated in a bay in the Caribbean Sea, Cartagena has the most extensive fortifications in South America. A system of zones divides the city into three neighbourhoods: San Pedro, with the cathedral and many Andalusian-style palaces; San Diego, where merchants and the middle class lived; and Gethsemani, the 'popular quarter'.

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Source: UNESCO World Heritage List — CC BY-SA 4.0