CARTAGENA INDIAN HISTORYto others throughout their history Cartagena is an excellent tourist spot, beautiful large with gorgeous weather, culture, the environment of its

people, Here I'll give a brief explanation of how her story was as weather Colombia.

Cartagena de Indias is a city that from its beginnings until today has significantly influenced the events in Colombia. In pre-Columbian

inhabitants of the Indian warriors Caribbean coast race that would give them problems over a colonizing expedition that dared to disembark in

its beaches.

We then had the honor of founding the Spaniard Don Pedro de Heredia, on June 1, 1533, under the name of "Cartagena de Poniente", to

differentiate it from "Cartagena de Levante" in Spain, both with similar bays.

From its foundation in the sixteenth century and throughout the Spanish colonial era, Cartagena was one of the most important ports in

América.7 From this period comes most of its artistic and cultural heritage. The November 11, 1811, Cartagena declared its independence

from Spain. This day is a national holiday in Colombia and the city is celebrated for four days known as the "Festival of Independence"

Over time, Cartagena has developed its urban area, preserving the historic center and becoming one of the most important ports in Colombia, the Caribbean and the world as well as famous tourist

destination. The total population of the head is of 955,250 inhabitants, one siendo10 the fifth most populous country and its metropolitan area with the towns inhabitants 1.288.49011 Turbaco Arjona, Turbana, Santa

Rosa, Santa Catalina, Clemencia, María The Baja, Mahates, San Estanislao and [[Villanueva (Bolívar) its historic center, the "Walled City", was declared a National Heritage Colombia in 1959 and a UNESCO World

Heritage Site in 1984.12 in 2007 military architecture was awarded as the fourth wonder of Colombia.