The Castle San Felipe World Heritage Site
It is a magical place of the beautiful historical city, you will find this beautiful castle, full of underground galleries, a set of batteries, cannons, the tendal and the troop hospital, as well as the castellano, the bonnet, the belly and the bell, the gazet, and the cistern.
Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas, built during the Spanish colonization is the largest military complex of all built by the Spaniards in the American continent.
This huge fortress located in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1984 next to the historic center of the City of Cartagena, as the set of fortifications that are located around the city .
Castle of San Felipe
Its hard construction for more than a century, began in 1536 and was completed in 1657.
It was built in order to observe and protect itself from the continuous invasions and attacks that the city suffered by British and French armies and pirates, and to be able to defend against them.
Its almost impenetrable construction, which has kept it standing over the years despite the numerous attacks that the city suffered.
Today tourists can visit every corner of this imposing castle, tour the tunnels, ramps and even the gunner's stalls.
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