🏰 Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
Spanish colonial fortified city and Caribbean port, UNESCO World Heritage Site
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Caribbean coast of Colombia, 10.4225°N, 75.5392°W
- UNESCO World Heritage Site: Inscribed 1984
- Core feature: Walled historic center with extensive 16th–18th-century fortifications
- Main fort: Castillo San Felipe de Barajas, a hilltop citadel overlooking the city
Cartagena's fortified port stands as one of South America's most intact examples of Spanish colonial military and urban ...