Tourism is a mainstay of the economy. The following are tourist sites that are within the walled city of Cartagena: Colonial architecture with Andalusian style roots. Many of the houses in Cartagena have balconies with tropical flowers. Convent, cloister and chapel of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de la Popa, located at the top of Mount Popa Cathedral of Santa Catalina de Alejandría Church and cloister of San Pedro Claver Convent and church of Santo Domingo Palace of Inquisition Teatro Heredia Cartagena Gold Museum Las Bóvedas Clock Tower Fortresses in Cartagena de Indias: Of the twenty fortresses comprising the walls in the district of Getsemaní, today 16 are still standing, preserved in good condition. In 1586, it was commissioned to the most famous military engineer of the Crown of Spain in that time, the Italian Battista Antonelli, the fortification of the city. The works of the project finally ended in the 17th century. Cartagena became an impregnable bastion, which successfully resisted the attacks of Baron Pontis to 1697. In the 18th century, new additions gave the fortified complex its current amplitude by engineer . The initial fortification system includes only the urban recint, the bastion port of San Matías at the entrance to the passage of Bocagrande, and the Tower of San Felipe del Boquerón that controlled the Bay of las Ánimas. Gradually, all passages were dominated by fortresses: fortress of San Luis, fortress of San José and fortress of San Fernando in Bocachica, fortress of San Rafaél and fortress of Santa Bárbara in Pochachica (the passage at southwest), fortress of Santa Cruz, fortress of San Juan de Manzanillo and fortress of San Sebasi de Pastellilo around the interior of Bahía, castle of San Felipe de Barajas, in the rock that dominates the city from the east and access to protected the Isthmus del Cerebro. The fortifications of San Felipe de Barajas in Cartagena, protected the city during numerous sieges, giving its character and reputation unassailable. These are described as a masterpiece of Spanish military engineering in the Americas.
Tourism is a mainstay of the economy. The following are tourist sites that are within the walled city of Cartagena: Colonial architecture with Andalusian style roots. Many of the houses in Cartagena have balconies with tropical flowers. Convent, cloister and chapel of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de la Popa, located at the top of Mount Popa Cathedral of Santa Catalina de Alejandría Church and cloister of San Pedro Claver Convent and church of Santo Domingo Palace of Inquisition Teatro Heredia Cartagena Gold Museum Las Bóvedas Clock Tower Fortresses in Cartagena de Indias: Of the twenty fortresses comprising the walls in the district of Getsemaní, today 16 are still standing, preserved in good condition. In 1586, it was commission,ed to the most famous military engineer of the Crown of Spain in that time, the Italian Battista Antonelli, the fortification of the city. The works of the project finally ended in the 17th century. Cartagena became an impregnable bastion, which successfully resisted the attacks of Baron Pontis to 1697 In the 18th century, new additions gave the fortified complex its current amplitude by engineer . The initial fortification system includes only the urban recint, the bastion port of San Matías at the entrance to the passage of Bocagrande, and the Tower of San Felipe del Boquerón that controlled the Bay of las Ánimas. Gradually all passages were dominated by fortresses fortress of San Luis, fortress of San José and fortress of San Fernando in Bocachica, fortress of San Rafaél and fortress of Santa Bárbara in Pochachica (the passage at southwest), fortress of Santa Cruz, fortress of San Juan de Manzanillo and fortress of San Sebasi de Pastellilo around the interior of Bahía, castle of San Felipe de Barajas, in the rock that dominates the city from the east and access to protected the Isthmus del Cerebro. The fortifications of San Felipe de Barajas in Cartagena, protected the city during numerous sieges, giving its character and reputation unassailable. These are described as a masterpiece of Spanish military engineering in the Americas.