Fortresses and Group of Monument
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Location
Bolivar Department

Country
Colombia

Year of Research
1984

Culture
    It lies in a bay in the Caribbean Sea, Cartagena has the most embracing fortifications in South America.
    A system of zones splits the city into three neighborhoods: San Pedro, with the cathedral and many Andalusian-style palaces; San Diego, where merchants and the middle class lived; and Gethsemani, the \'popular quarter\'.