17 Facts About Cartagena Spain

Cartagena Spain is a Spanish city and a major naval station on the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Iberia.

Cartagena Spain has been inhabited for over two millennia, being founded around 227 BC by the Carthaginian Hasdrubal the Fair as Qart Hadasht, the same name as the original city of Carthage.

Much of the historical significance of Cartagena Spain stemmed from its coveted defensive port, one of the most important in the western Mediterranean.

Cartagena Spain has been the capital of the Spanish Navy's Maritime Department of the Mediterranean since the arrival of the Spanish Bourbons in the 18th century.

Cartagena Spain is established as a major cruise ship destination in the Mediterranean and an emerging cultural focus.

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City of Cartagena is located in the southeastern region of Spain in the Campo de Cartagena.

Cartagena Spain was re-conquered by the Visigoths, who held it until the Muslim conquest in 714 AD.

In 1296, Cartagena Spain was briefly annexed to the Crown of Aragon, but returned to Castile by the Treaty of Elx in 1305, which fixed the final boundary between the kingdoms of Valencia and Murcia.

Cartagena Spain then lost its status as royal demesne and became a seigneurial jurisdiction, a situation which lasted until 1346.

Cartagena Spain did not fully recover until the 18th century, when it became a leading naval port in the Mediterranean.

In 1728, Cartagena Spain became the capital of the Spanish Navy's Maritime Department of the Mediterranean and the city was heavily fortified with the construction of a modern castle in the place of a former Moorish Kasbah, several barracks and a huge arsenal.

Thanks to its strategic position on the Mediterranean, Cartagena Spain has been inhabited by many different cultures, which have left their mark on its rich cultural heritage during a glorious and turbulent history.

Cartagena Spain is home to numerous Art Nouveau buildings from the early 20th century, when a bourgeoisie settled in the city due to the growth of the local mining industry.

Cartagena Spain holds the distinction of being the Spanish city with the most beaches certified "Q for Quality" by the ICTE .

Cartagena Spain is home to 30 consultorios and 12 centros de salud.

Cartagena Spain is served by the Autopista AP-7 linking it to towns and cities further up the Mediterranean coast, and Autovia A-30 to Murcia.

The Chinchilla–Cartagena Spain railway reached Cartagena Spain railway station in 1863 and the current station opened in 1903.