Tourism Guide To Cartagena – Murcia (spain)

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Cartagena is a beautiful place located along the south side of Costa Calida in the region of Murcia. Cartagena has always been a very important harbour since centuries because of its strategic location. Currently, Cartagena is an important navy base of Spanish forces. During the last few years, the administration of the Cartagena has spent a lot on the development of the town to help promote the tourism in the area. There are many tourist attractions in the town like old churches, beautiful palaces and museums. All of these attractions are located very near to one another and you can easily visit these while strolling around historic centre of the town.

This town was first established by Carthaginians and in the later years this town was occupied by Romans and they used it as an important settlement but today this town does not contain much of the Roman’s belongings. There are remains of an exceptional old theatre which is discovered in the recent years. Another worth visiting Roman settlement in Cartagena is an old Augusteum which was once the meeting point of the religious people who were inspired by King Augustus. ...
... The majority of the remains of all the Roman settlements are displayed in the town’s own Municipal Museum of Archaeology, where you can also see the other historical traces of the town from the yesterday centuries to the modern years.

Church Santa Maria de Gracia is another worth visiting historical place in the town which was built in the start of the 18th century. The sculptures by Salzillo are also displayed inside the church and are worth watching. There are many other monuments as well located near the church and are worth visiting.

Local history of marine time is located in the Naval Museum and the National Museum of Maritime Archaeology. The Naval Museum is located inside an old building which was built during the start of the 20th century and contains a big collection of old maps, sailing ships models and many other historical belongings.

If you are planning to watch the majority of historical places in Cartagena, then you should buy a Cartagena location villa piscine Cards as then you have free admission to all the places in the town during the that day along with no fare to pay on the bus rides as well.

Cartagena also has a lot of water sports facilities for the tourists like wind surfing, Sailing, diving and many others.

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