A little bit of history

We know from the «Ora Maritima», a description of a nautical journey written by the Roman Rufo Festo Avieno in the 4th Century B.C., that the city of Cartagena was founded in 227 B.C. by the Carthaginian general Asdrubal, who changed the original name from Mastia to Quart Hadast. The city remained under Carthaginian control until 209 B.C., when the Roman Cornelio Escipion conquered it during the Second Punic War.

Schedules and Prices

Archaeological itinerary

1. Municipal Archaeological Museum
This is the base of all archeological activity in the city and its district. Opened in 1982, the museum is built over the late 4th century Roman necropolis of San Antón; it contains one of the most important collections of inscriptions in the country.

Baroque and neoclassic itinerary

13. Campus Muralla del Mar
The old military hospital and the Antigones Barracks, both neoclassical buildings that were constructed in the 18th Century when Cartagena had become the principal Spanish naval base of the Mediterranean, have been renovated and adapted for university use. The military architectonic features of the outside of these buildings remain intact.

Modernist and eclectic itinerary

24.  Interpretaiton Center of  Defensive Architecture. Fort Christmas
The fort, which was built during the 1860s to defend the interior of the harbour, the city and the Arsenal from the attack of enemy fleets, is located at one of the coastal points which flank the harbour entrance.
The building, of neoclassical style, explains the importance of Cartagena in the Mediterranean axe throughout the centuries, given its geo-strategic relevance.

Contemporary itinerary

39. Civil war Shelter-Museum
These galleries, excavated out of the Cerro de la Concepción to serve as air-raid shelters, were still to be completed at the end of the Spanish Civil War. They were part of the works carried out to construct shelters with a capacity to hold 5,500 people during  the considerable bombing that Cartagena was subjected to, as it was the naval base for a great part of the Republican fleet.

Tourist transports

45. Touríst Catamaran

A trip around the port so that you can see and appreciate the defense system and the port activity.

46. Touríst Bus

A panoramic route which in addition takes passengers to the key sites of their tourist trip.

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