SAN LEANDRO BATTERY
Lugares de interés
Cartagena
18th century fortification that is located next to the a Curra wharf. Its main mission was (in cooperation with the rest of the defence batteries of the port), to prevent enemy ships from entering. During the Civil War, on March 7th, 1939, ...
SAN SEBASTIAN SUITES
Tourist apartments
Cartagena
San Sebastián Suites son 4 apartamentos ubicados en Plaza San Sebastián, en pleno centro histórico de Cartagena. Su situación privilegiada les permite mirar desde y hacia la distancia, pudiendo obtener así ...
SANTA ANA ACASAMATADA BATTERY
Lugares de interés
Cartagena
This fortification is located on the coastline, on the ledge called Santa Ana. It was originally a fort at the beginning of 18th century, but it was later rebuilt, according to the O'Donnell's Plan, shaped as a castle, with ...
SANTA ANA COMPLEMENTARY BATTERY
Lugares de interés
Cartagena
It was built in 1888, to house two Krupp cannons. It is located on the coastline, to the North of Santa Ana Acasamatada battery. It consists of two barbettes prepared for two Krupp cannons, closed by walls for rifle firing. In 1941, the ...
SANTA MARÍA DE GRACIA CHURCH
Monuments
Cartagena
span style=font-size:14pxBuilt during the 18th century and renovated in the 19th and 20th centuries, The original plan was to build a church of cathedral proportions, the natural successor to Santa María la Vieja. The most architecturally ...
SANTIAGO APÓSTOL (JAMES THE APOSTLE)
Monuments
Cartagena
The Monument to Santiago Apóstol (James the Apostle) is an image of the saint, full-bodied, made in bronze in 2007 by the sculptor Juan José Quirós from Cartagena. The sculpture has a height of approximately three metres ...
SCULPTURE HOMAGE TO CARLOS III
Monuments
Cartagena
The bust of Charles III is located next to one of his most significant works, the Charles III's Wall, next to the main steps to Midshipmen's Barracks and in front of the plaque that commemorates the fortification works. The bust is ...
SCULPTURE HOMAGE TO CARMEN CONDE
Monuments
Cartagena
For the centenary of the birth of Carmen Conde Abellán, writer and academic from Cartagena, the City Council, through the ¿Patronato Carmen Conde - Antonio Oliver¿, erected in Carmen street, in front of the church of the ...
SCULPTURE HOMAGE TO MAJOR VILLAMARTÍN
Monuments
Cartagena
span style=font-size:14pxMajor Villamartín, born in Cartagena, who excelled in the performance of his military duties, has gone down in history as the author of several important works in historical-military thought./span span style=font-size:14pxAfter ...
SCULPTURE HOMAGE TO PROCESSIONIST
Monuments
Cartagena
span style=font-size:14pxOne of the most emblematic monuments of the city of Cartagena is the Monument to the ¿processionist¿, dedicated to Holy Week and to Cartagena ¿processionists¿./span span style=font-size:14pxIt ...
SCULPTURE HOMAGE TO THE REMPLECEMENT SOLDIER
Monuments
Cartagena
span style=font-size:14pxTribute to the thousands of young people who came to Cartagena to perform military service in the Army and more specifically in the Infantry Regiment 'España 18'./span span style=font-size:14pxWork ...
SCULPTURE HOMAGE TO THE VICTIMS OF TERRORISMO - THE CACHE
Monuments
Cartagena
At the western end of the esplanade of Héroes de Cavite y Santiago de Cuba, in the port of Cartagena, it is placed this colossal sculpture by Víctor Ochoa, a specialist in monumental sculpture. Homage of the city to the victims ...
