Walls of Cartagena de Indias

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The Walls of Cartagena de Indias are a monumental colonial-era fortification encircling the historic center of Cartagena, Colombia, built by the Spanish to protect the city from pirate attacks and invasions in the Caribbean.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cartagena city walls 2
city walls of Cartagena 2
City walls of Cartagena 1

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Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city wall ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
fortification ⓘ
architecturalStyle Spanish colonial military architecture ⓘ
military architecture ⓘ
builtBy Spanish Empire ⓘ
builtFor defense of Cartagena de Indias ⓘ
protection against corsairs ⓘ
protection against naval invasions ⓘ
protection against pirate attacks ⓘ
constructionEnd 18th century ⓘ
constructionStart circa 1586 ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
designedBy Battista Antonelli ⓘ
Juan Bautista Antonelli ⓘ
hasPart Las Bóvedas ⓘ
Puerta de San Felipe ⓘ
Puerta de Santa Catalina ⓘ
Puerta del Reloj ⓘ
bastion of La Merced ⓘ
bastion of La Tenaza ⓘ
bastion of San Carlos ⓘ
bastion of San Felipe ⓘ
bastion of San Francisco Javier ⓘ
bastion of San Ignacio ⓘ
bastion of San José ⓘ
bastion of San Lorenzo ⓘ
bastion of San Lucas ⓘ
bastion of San Miguel ⓘ
bastion of San Pedro Mártir ⓘ
bastion of San Sebastián ⓘ
bastion of Santa Catalina ⓘ
bastion of Santa Clara ⓘ
bastion of Santa Teresa ⓘ
bastion of Santo Domingo ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO criterion (iv) ⓘ
UNESCO criterion (vi) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageSiteSince 1984 ⓘ
length approximately 11 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean region of Colombia ⓘ
Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia ⓘ
linked to: Cartagena, Colombia

historic center of Cartagena ⓘ
locatedOn Caribbean Sea coast ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
coral stone ⓘ
stone ⓘ
partOf Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena ⓘ
period Spanish colonial period ⓘ
significance one of the most extensive and best-preserved defensive walls in South America ⓘ
symbol of Cartagena de Indias ⓘ
tourismAttraction major tourist attraction in Cartagena ⓘ
UNESCORegion Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ
usedFor control of access to the walled city ⓘ
urban defense ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Caribbean defensive system → hasPart → Walls of Cartagena de Indias ⓘ
Historic Center of Cartagena → hasPart → city walls of Cartagena ⓘ
linked to: Walls of Cartagena de Indias
Bay of Cartagena → protectedBy → city walls of Cartagena ⓘ
linked to: Walls of Cartagena de Indias
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena → hasPart → City walls of Cartagena ⓘ
linked to: Walls of Cartagena de Indias
Plaza de los Coches → adjacentTo → Cartagena city walls ⓘ
linked to: Walls of Cartagena de Indias
Cerro de la Popa → hasViewOf → Cartagena city walls ⓘ
linked to: Walls of Cartagena de Indias