HERITAGE RECORD · 285

Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena

卡塔赫纳港口、要塞和古迹群

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World Heritage record

Situated in a bay in the Caribbean Sea, Cartagena has the most extensive fortifications in South America. A system of zones divides the city into three neighbourhoods: San Pedro, with the cathedral and many Andalusian-style palaces; San Diego, where merchants and the middle class lived; and Gethsemani, the 'popular quarter'.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ6091925 ↗

Administrative areaQ657461

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

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Brief Synthesis Situated on the northern coast of Colombia on a sheltered bay facing the Caribbean Sea, the city of Cartagena de Indias boasts the most extensive and one of the most complete systems of military fortifications in South America.

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