states: [colombia]
category: cultural
year: 1984
location: Bolivar Department
region: Latin America and the Caribbean
latitude/longitude: 10.4166666700, -75.5333333300
Situated in a bay in the Caribbean Sea, Cartagena has the most extensive fortifications in South America. A system of zones divides the city into three neighbourhoods: San Pedro, with the cathedral and many Andalusian-style palaces; San Diego, where merchants and the middle class lived; and Gethsemani, the 'popular quarter'.
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