"CARTAGENA THE JEWELLY OF CARIBBEAN" a Cartagena Travel Page by diditi

Cartagena is known as Cartagena de Indias (Cartagena of Indies) or Cartagena la Heroica (The Heroic) or The Walled City is well located about midway on Columbia’s Caribbean Coast, it is a unique city filled with sun, sea and history. It is also Columbia’s main tourist attraction. The city is connected by a series of bridges and divided by 17th century walls into an “historic old city” and a cosmopolitan “modern city”. The City was founded in 1533 by the Spanish conquistador Don Pedro de Heredia and thanks to its strategic position had achieved considerable importance by the mid 16th Century.
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Due to Cartagena's tropical location, the climate changes very little, with an average high of 31 °C (88 °F) and an average low of 24 °C (75 °F) throughout the year. Cartagena also averages around 90% humidity, with a rainy season typically in October. Cartagena receives about 1000 mm (40 inches) of rain a year.
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The churches and the convents are a numerous sample of the architecture type conquers and colonial. Ample corridors, monuments and great gardens, where is mix the nature with the mystic without losing show the high walls and their great halls.
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