CARTAGENA DE INDIAS: a place in most pirate story books

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Founded by Pedro de Heredia in the name of the spanish King in 1533, Cartagena rapidly became a strategic stop for the spanish vessels on their route between Spain and the colonies. Combined with its slave market, one of the biggest in southamerica, Cartagena became a rich and prosperous city, So much that it turned into an attractive plunder site pirates and corsairs could not resist.
All this past has left visible signs everywhere in Cartagena, from the wall and fortifications, to its people, to its houses and neighborhoods. The city is very photogenic and lives now from tourism.