Cartagena de-Indias-the fifth largest city of Colombia, is considered one of the popular areas of tourism of this Latin American country.
The port city on the Caribbean coast of Colombia is famous for the paved with streets and colorful architectural buildings. Thanks to the tropical climate and the blue sea, the administrative center of the department Bolivar is very popular among lovers of beach holidays.
Kartate-de-Indias was founded in 1533 by the Spanish researcher Pedro de Eredia, but gradually became a colonial port due to its strategic situation.
Sailors from the Spanish city of Kartate called the area of Kartaen de Indias (Indian Cartagena), and in 1614 the city was strengthened by the walls for protection against pirates.
Kartaen de-Indias, which robbed and occupied many countries, in 1811 finally acquired independence. However, in 1815 the city again found himself in the hands of the Spaniards and again gained independence, this time already final, only six years later, in 1821.
The city received fame with the famous novel “Love during the Cholera” by the famous Nobel laureate of the writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
The author of the novel tells about “The ruins of a very ancient and heroic city-Cartagages-de-Las Indias, the most beautiful in the world, abandoned in panic before the plague, after for three centuries he withstood numerous sieges of the British and raids of marine robbers “. In 1984, the city was included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.
In Cartagena de-Indias, one of the most colorful cities in the world, huge white skyscrapers and modern hotels are built.
But tourists are attracted by historical colonial houses and museums typical of classical Spanish architecture.
The main attraction of Cartagena along with the fortress of San Felip (17th century) is a colorful old city behind the fortress walls and forts with the main entrance through the hourly tower, old squares, majestic cathedral and other Catholic temples. A kind of “pearl” colonial city is the Palace of the 17th century inquisition with a beautiful gates in the Baroque style, crowned by the Spanish coat of arms, and instruments of torture.
The amazing architecture of Cartagena includes the buildings of the Baroque and Neoclassic, modern and eclecticism, and finally contemporary art.
Arriving in Kartate, tourists plunge into a special atmosphere of romance, walk along colorful streets, dine in the restaurants of Colombian cuisine.