My Travels: Cartagena De Indias - The Walled City
It took me some fourth dimension to edit in addition to upload the pictures for this weblog post, but I'm thus happy I lastly got to create it because oh my, Cartagena is i of the most beautiful cities I've always been to.
I visited Cartagena a calendar month agone during i of my opor-garai trips throughout Colombia. As shortly equally I laid upwardly pes here, my oh my, I totally felt inwards love!
The next pictures are a modest sample of all the beauty in addition to history that is packed inwards this identify in addition to I promise you lot savour it equally much equally I did!
My previous go post was nearly the Rosario Islands, you lot tin read nearly it correct HERE. As I mentioned there, Cartagena is a port urban heart in addition to someone on Colombia's Caribbean Area coast.
Before I brand it details, allow me say you lot a fighting nearly
Cartagena's history. >>> Its strategic location betwixt ii large rivers inwards Republic of Colombia made it a major port for merchandise betwixt Espana in addition to its overseas empire which gave it bully importance dorsum inwards the 1540's. However, equally a port for the export of Peruvian silvery in addition to many goods to Spain, the urban heart in addition to someone was constantly the target for pirates who many times ransacked it.
After many attacks, a defensive tower was built, but of course, the defensive tower was non plenty to proceed the urban heart in addition to someone safe, thus years later, Espana commissioned a main conception for a walled city.
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Ok, here's a modest constituent of the wall. You tin guide keep a tour of the wall, it takes nearly ii hours to walk all its length. We didn't create it, someday I would dearest to.
This is how it looks from within this fort looking at the sea.
I'm hither posing at the edge. The novel urban heart in addition to someone peeking thru.
My son, here, on transcend of the wall.
Soon after, nosotros headed to the historic urban heart in addition to someone in addition to I only wanted to operate out of the auto to outset taking pictures of all I was witnessing!
Getting inwards at that spot is similar stepping dorsum inwards history.
The brilliant colored houses, the flowered balconies in addition to all those niggling details.
It all gives you lot that feel of living inwards some other era, you lot tin almost experience the stories those niggling streets guide keep witnessed.
The outside colonial architecture has been protected, but the within of most of these houses has been modified to host high destination boutiques in addition to shops.
I couldn't concentrate inwards exclusively i thing, the lights, those wonderful balconies, in addition to and thus all those magnificent doors alongside the most gorgeous details!
So many treasures!
Really, my eyes were broad opened upwardly taking everything in!
After lots of walking, nosotros stopped hither to guide keep a break.
Right inwards front end Santo Domingo church.
Later on, nosotros enjoyed watching this grouping perform a Cumbia trip the low-cal fantastic inwards a nearby park.
As the twenty-four hours turned into nighttime I was thus tired, but oh thus happy to live correct at that spot inwards that gorgeous place.
Well, allow me invite you lot to see Cartagena de Indias, the walled city, a genuinely incredible urban heart in addition to someone alongside absolutely stunning architecture, bully restaurants, shops, in addition to lots of twenty-four hours in addition to nighttime activities for everyone!
XOXO
