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Cartagena




Cartagena is a Spanish city and a major naval station
located in the Region of Murcia, by the Mediterranean
coast, south-eastern Spain.





Cartagena has been inhabited for over two millennia, being founded
around 227 BC by the Carthaginian Hasdrubal the Fair as Qart Hadasht
(Phoenician, meaning 'New Town'), the same name as the original city of Carthage.





The city had its heyday during the Roman Empire, when it was known as Carthago Nova
(the New Carthage) and Carthago Spartaria, capital of the province of Carthaginensis.




Cartagena, Murcia, Mediterranean coast Spain, 13.02.2020.




Cartagena, Murcia, Mediterranean coast Spain, 13.02.2020.




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Cartagena, Murcia, Mediterranean coast Spain, 13.02.2020.




The confluence of civilizations as well as its strategic harbour, together with the rise of the local mining
industry is manifested by a unique artistic heritage, with a number of landmarks such as the Roman Theatre,
the second largest of the Iberian Peninsula after the one in Merida, an abundance of Phoenician, Roman, Byzantine
and Moorish remains, and a plethora of Art Nouveau buildings, a result of the bourgeoisie from the early 20th century.




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Cartagena, Murcia, Mediterranean coast Spain, 13.02.2020.