Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Cartagena, Spain

The walls of Carlos III are the last defensive belt that was built in the city of Cartagena (Murcia) in Spain, and they are partially preserved.

Wikipedia: Murallas de Carlos III (ES)

The archaeological site of the Roman Forum Quarter is made up of a set of Roman buildings discovered in Cartagena, built around one of the main roads of the city at that time: the Decumanus. From this decumanus you could access a large thermal complex and a large building with an atrium that has been identified as a headquarters of a collegium.

Wikipedia: Barrio y museo del foro romano de Cartagena (ES)

The Palacio de Molina, also called the house-palace of Molina or mistakenly the palace of the Widow of Molina, is a palace built in the eighteenth century in the old town of the Spanish city of Cartagena. It was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest on February 24, 1986.

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The Gran Hotel de Cartagena is a modernist building by the architect Víctor Beltrí, the most important in the Region of Murcia, Spain, inaugurated in 1916.

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The Military Church of Santo Domingo is a Roman Catholic church located on Calle Mayor in the Spanish city of Cartagena.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santo Domingo (Cartagena) (ES)

The Cervantes House is a modernist house built by the architect Víctor Beltrí in 1900, located on the Calle Mayor in the Spanish city of Cartagena.

Wikipedia: Casa Cervantes (ES)

The Casino de Cartagena is a private institution established in the first half of the nineteenth century in the city of Cartagena (Murcia) Spain. Similar to the casinos and cultural circles that proliferated in those years.

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Peral was the first successful full electric battery-powered submarine, built by the Spanish engineer and sailor Isaac Peral for the Spanish Navy, in Arsenal de la Carraca. The first fully capable military submarine, she was launched 8 September 1888. She had one torpedo tube and an air regeneration system. Her hull shape, propeller, periscope, torpedo launcher and cruciform external controls anticipated later designs. Her underwater speed was 3 knots. With fully charged batteries, she was the fastest submarine yet built, with underwater performance levels that matched those of First World War U-boats for a very short period, before her batteries began to drain. For example, the SM U-9, a pre-war German U-boat built in 1908, had an underwater speed of 8.1 knots, and an underwater range of 150 km (81 nmi) at 5.8 knots, before having to resurface to recharge her batteries. Although advanced in many ways, Peral lacked a means of charging batteries while underway, such as an internal combustion engine, thus had a very limited endurance and range. In June 1890, Peral's submarine launched a torpedo while submerged. It was also the first submarine to incorporate a fully reliable underwater navigation system. However, conservatives in the Spanish naval hierarchy terminated the project despite two years of successful tests. Her operational abilities have led some to call her the first U-boat.

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The Cartagena Naval Museum is a military museum near the city port of Cartagena, Spain. It presents exhibitions related to naval construction. It is a subsidiary of the Naval Museum of Madrid.

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The old Regatta Club was the headquarters of the Real Club de Regatas de Cartagena. It was built by the architect Mario Spottorno in 1912, in the port of the Spanish city of Cartagena. Since 1988 it has been listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest.

Wikipedia: Antiguo Club de Regatas (ES)

The zulo is a bronze sculpture by Víctor Ochoa that has been on display since 2009 on the esplanade of the port of the Spanish city of Cartagena, in tribute to the victims of terrorism. The work, in which the art historian Ana María Preckler (2003) appreciated a "Michelangelesque workmanship", is 5 meters high and weighs 2.5 tons, and represents a naked man sitting in an attitude of reflection, with his head down and hugging his legs, almost in a fetal position.

Wikipedia: El zulo (ES)

The Monument to the Heroes of Cavite and Santiago de Cuba is an instance of public art and war memorial in Cartagena, Spain. It commemorates the role of the naval squadrons commanded by Patricio Montojo and Pascual Cervera during the 1898 Spanish–American War.

Wikipedia: Monument to the Heroes of Cavite and Santiago de Cuba (EN)

The Cartagena City Hall, also known as the Cartagena City Hall, is one of the main modernist buildings in the city of Cartagena built between 1900 and 1907, the work of the Valladolid architect Tomás Rico Valarino.

Wikipedia: Palacio consistorial de Cartagena (ES)

The Museum of the Roman Theatre of Cartagena is a work of the architect Rafael Moneo inaugurated on July 11, 2008 and is dedicated to the project of excavation, restoration and enhancement of the Roman theatre of Cartagena in Cartagena, Spain.

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The Roman Theatre of Cartagena is a Roman theatre in the Roman colonia of Cartago Nova –present-day Cartagena, Spain–. Built between the years 5 and 1 BCE, it had a capacity of some 6,000 spectators and was used for Roman theatrical performances during ancient Rome.

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The Cathedral of Cartagena in Spain, or the Cathedral of Santa María la Vieja, was a cathedral of the Diocese of Cartagena, located on the hill of La Concepción in the old town of Cartagena. It has been in ruins since 1939, when it was destroyed when Cartagena was shelled in the Spanish Civil War by Nationalist forces.

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The Museum-Refuge of the Civil War is an interpretation centre on the Spanish Civil War located in the city of Cartagena (Murcia).

Wikipedia: Museo-Refugio de la Guerra Civil (ES)

The castle of La Concepción or Asdrúbal is a medieval construction of the thirteenth or fourteenth century nestled on the hill of the same name that rises above Cartagena and its port. This castle is the one that is represented in the city's coat of arms.

Wikipedia: Castillo de la Concepción (ES)

The church of Santa María de Gracia is a Catholic temple located in the old town of the Spanish city of Cartagena, and the nerve center of the Holy Week processions.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santa María de Gracia (Cartagena) (ES)

The Graduate Schools of Cartagena were the first educational centers in Spain to divide students by age and level, in addition to having properly sanitized classrooms for this purpose. The building where the classes were taught is located in the Spanish city of Cartagena, specifically on Gisbert Street in the old town, and has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest since May 21, 2004.

Wikipedia: Escuelas Graduadas de Cartagena (ES)

The National Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology is a underwater archaeology museum in Cartagena (Murcia), Spain. It owns a large collection of pieces recovered from shipwrecks that begins in the Phoenician period, and arrives until the 19th century. It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture.

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The El Batel auditorium and conference centre is a large cultural infrastructure located in the port of the Spanish city of Cartagena, next to the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology (ARQUA), whose works began in 2004 and opened its doors at the end of 2011.

Wikipedia: Auditorio y palacio de congresos El Batel (ES)

The Castle of the Moors is a castle built in the eighteenth century in what is now the neighborhood of Santa Lucia, within the Spanish city of Cartagena. It was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest on August 7, 1997.

Wikipedia: Castillo de los Moros (Cartagena) (ES)