Cartagena
The City of Many Emperors
Cartagena, which was founded by Carthaginians in 223 BC, is the 2nd largest town in the Murcia region. The region has the best suited harbor, which has mountains in surrounding with rich metallic ores. Many communities like the Romans, Byzantines, and Arabs fought to get this perfect harbor. Maybe that’s why it’s a town for you to find a historic touch on every corner of the city. The city is still used as one of the Spanish naval bases.
The city has seen a lot of highs and lows as there were always some empires ready to conquer it. First, it was the Romans, then the Visigoths. In 555 AD, the Byzantine troops entered, and again in 621 AD Visigoth had taken back control. Arabs came in 734 AD. In the year 1245, Alfonso took charge. The city has also seen bad economical times in the 16th century, and witnessed flourishing mining industries by the 19th century.
If you are visiting the town for the first time, then you should consider trying the bus tour. The town tourism department offers open deck double Decker bus trips for tourists. Generally speaking, it is a 30 minute trip with audio guides, and this means you get a fair understanding of the places around. The 30 minute trip gives the facility of commentary in various languages. You can get a chance to hear a lot of stories related to the historic and modern monuments, as well as many other interesting facts. You can also see various archaeological remains from the different periods of the city, historical and modern commercial buildings, universities, marine walk ways, beautiful and clean cities as a whole and ancient harbor.
A first timer tourist can get the information at the Plaza Bastarreche.
Apart from visiting interesting places such as the Augusteum, Punic Ramparts, and Municipal Archaeological Museum, you can do a lot more things in Cartagena.
The Roman theater of Carthago Nova is also a sight to see which was first built in between 5 to 1BC, but then it was spoiled and destroyed by other cultures. It was in 2003 when the archaeological restoration got completed.
The Campus Muralla del Mar is one of the neo-classical buildings. It is an old military hospital, and also one of the first construction works after the transformation of the new Spanish Naval base. This building, and other buildings are very important constructions for the Cartagena military.
As a tourist, you will never get bored if you know exactly where to go and what to do.
Cartagena, which was founded by Carthaginians in 223 BC, is the 2nd largest town in the Murcia region. The region has the best suited harbor, which has mountains in surrounding with rich metallic ores. Many communities like the Romans, Byzantines, and Arabs fought to get this perfect harbor. Maybe that’s why it’s a town for you to find a historic touch on every corner of the city. The city is still used as one of the Spanish naval bases. The city has seen a lot of highs and lows as there were always some empires ready to conquer it. First, it was the Romans, then the Visigoths. In 555 AD, the Byzantine troops entered, and again in 621 AD Visigoth had taken back control. Arabs came in 734 AD. In the year 1245, Alfonso took charge. The city has also seen bad economical times in the 16th century, and witnessed flourishing mining industries by the 19th century.
If you are visiting the town for the first time, then you should consider trying the bus tour. The town tourism department offers open deck double Decker bus trips for tourists. Generally speaking, it is a 30 minute trip with audio guides, and this means you get a fair understanding of the places around. The 30 minute trip gives the facility of commentary in various languages. You can get a chance to hear a lot of stories related to the historic and modern monuments, as well as many other interesting facts. You can also see various archaeological remains from the different periods of the city, historical and modern commercial buildings, universities, marine walk ways, beautiful and clean cities as a whole and ancient harbor.
A first timer tourist can get the information at the Plaza Bastarreche.
Apart from visiting interesting places such as the Augusteum, Punic Ramparts, and Municipal Archaeological Museum, you can do a lot more things in Cartagena.
The Roman theater of Carthago Nova is also a sight to see which was first built in between 5 to 1BC, but then it was spoiled and destroyed by other cultures. It was in 2003 when the archaeological restoration got completed.
The Campus Muralla del Mar is one of the neo-classical buildings. It is an old military hospital, and also one of the first construction works after the transformation of the new Spanish Naval base. This building, and other buildings are very important constructions for the Cartagena military.
As a tourist, you will never get bored if you know exactly where to go and what to do.