Cartagena is one of the most important cities in Colombia; it faces the Caribbean Sea to the west and has varied architecture, mainly a colonial style, but republican and Italian style buildings.
Cartagena was founded on June 1st of 1533 with the name of "Cartagena de Poniente", to make it different from "Cartagena de Levante", in Spain; both with similar bays.
From the birth of Cartagena de Indias in 1533 to the Declaration of Absolute Independence from Spain in 1811, almost three centuries went by in the Colony Period, when Cartagena was one of the most important cities of the Spanish Crown in american land.
Here you are the downtown area with the streets and Squares, click on the name of each one to see the location in the map.
Streets and squares
Buildings and parks
