Show Cartagena Is About Same as in Spanish Conquest When the Spanish Capt Pedro de dt cUn founded Cartagena ena on the northeast const coast of nf South America I 1 It was wm with the Idea o of estah a It ha tease base c for or the operations of or ort t ho the conquistadores lie He chose his Isis site well IJ J however howe did IUd not r rely ly on tin till protection provided by nature bm but threw up up fortifications all around roum the city cUr Including walls almost 50 in feel feet thi thick k topped by guard towers These to fortifications which are said suld t to have cost were called up on almost on-almost Immediately to meet the nS of attacking forces force for or the YU vast t treasures treasure passing through Cartagena Car Car- tn ena lured freebooters and corsairs from troll n all 11 over the world Despite the lie fact that Cartagena I k kIn In close touch with tier her more modern neighbors she hn has changed little since t the bedtime hue four centuries ago alO when wilen Spain sent sent o er over royal architects to design the city's palaces and engineers to lay layout layout out out Its Irs streets Churches and convents fashioned In Inthe Inthe Inthe the style of or old Seville Se rise from Moorish plains an and winding streets hulked flanked with Spanish dwellings On the Bolivar nr stands the Palace of the Inquisition alit and around the city are Bre re the tIle old fortresses I i I |