Art and culture in Cartagena
CARTAGENA - ISLA PLANA TOURIST INFORMATION POINT
Tourist Information of Cartagena, surroundings and Region of Murcia in general.
Tourist Information of Cartagena, surroundings and Region of Murcia in general.
CARTAGENA - PUERTAS DE SAN JOSÉ TOURIST INFORMATION POINT
Tourist Information about Cartagena, the surrounding area and the Region of Murcia in general.
CARTAGENA - ISLA PLANA TOURIST INFORMATION POINT
Tourist Information of Cartagena, surroundings and Region of Murcia in general.
DOMUS DEL PÓRTICO
The recent discovery of the Roman theatre a few yards from the rampart is the key to the construction date of these solid walls, which include materials…
LOS HÉROES DE CAVITE Y CUBA SQUARE
The expansion of the port meant a radical change in the city. In 1904, a building for the Junta de Obras del Puerto (Port Works Board) was constructed on…
TOURIST OFFICE PALACIO CONSISTORIAL
Tourist Information of Cartagena, surroundings and Region of Murcia in general.
CARTAGENA - PUNTO DE INFORMACIÓN TURÍSTICA MURALLA PÚNICA
REGIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - MURAM / AGUIRRE HOUSE
THE REGIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART is a place to contemplate and enjoy artistic manifestations from the XIX century till the mid XX century from the Region…
NAVAL MUSEUM
The Naval Museum of Cartagena is located on the ground floor of the building built in the 18th century as the Prisoners and Slaves Barracks, which became…
MILITARY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
The building of the Real Parque y Maestranza de Artillería was built by order of King Carlos III. Its architecture is typical of the military constructions…
MUSEO FORO ROMANO MOLINETE
The Roman Forum Museum stands as the entrance to one of the largest urban archaeological parks in Spain. Throughout its various halls, where a careful…
MUSEO DEL TEATRO ROMANO
The Museum respond to the need for a museum space in which to bring together all the pieces found during the successive excavations of the Roman Theater.…
CARMEN CONDE AND ANTONIO OLIVER MUSEUM
The museum, which is currently located in the Ramón Alonso Luzzy Cultural Centre, faithfully reproduces the furniture and decorative objects from the…
MUNICIPAL ARQUEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
One of the most complete archaeological samples of the region. The site was built in 1982 around a late-Roman necropolis, which is probably the structure…
ARQVA - MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARQUEOLOGÍA SUBACUÁTICA
ARQUA Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática is the institution in charge of studying, valuing, investigating, preserving, disseminating and protecting…
MUSEUM CIVIL WAR REFUGE TEMPORARY EXHIBITION SECRET MISSIONS AND PANORAMIC LIFT
The Civil War Air Raid Shelter Museum is a place to remember and learn about the recent history of Cartagena, which was a strategic point and prime bombing…
PALACIO AGUIRRE - MUSEO REGIONAL DE ARTE MODERNO - MURAM
Este edificio, huella del modernismo en la región, está situado entre la Plaza de la Merced y la calle San Diego. Fue construido a principios del siglo…
MURALLA DE CARLOS III
This wall in Cartagena belongs, in a military sense, to the Escuela Española de Fortificaciones Abalaurtadas (Spanish School of Bastioned Fortifications).…
ZAPATA HOUSE
The house was built in the Gothic-inspired modernist style typical of Catalonia, the birthplace of architect Victor Beltrí. Outside, one can see the…
CASA ROMANA DE LA FORTUNA
The Fortuna House will take you to the domestic environment of the Roman Cartagena during the first century. The different rooms that formed the house, the…
MAESTRE HOUSE
The façade is the only reminder of the house's original design, it was inspired by the Casa Calvet by Gaudí with a few touches of Baroque. The Rococo…
LLAGOSTERA HOUSE
The façade of this building constructed in 1916 was designed to support ceramic decoration. The structure is in the Cartagena style, with balconies at the…
DORDA HOUSE
The façade, with curved mouldings and floral decorations, is inspired by the Baroque style. Inside, the most striking element is the Arab-style central…
CLARES HOUSE
The building was designed by the Cartagena-born architect Mario Spottorno. The façade facing Aire Street has a cornice stained glass windows, floral…
CERVANTES HOUSE
Victor Beltri's opera prima, this enormous house dominates the other buildings on the street. The façade contains the white belvederes so typical of…
AUGUSTEUM
In the Augusteum, a temple dedicated to the first Roman Emperor Octavian Augustus, one is able to learn about the cult to the emperor, the theatrical pomp…
LA MERCED SQUARE
In the 17th century, the City Council decided to create a new square named after the convent of La Merced - now disappeared - which overlooked it. As it was…
MURALLA DEL MAR PROMENADE
The promenade runs along the seafront of the 18th century bastioned wall, the only remaining section of the great defensive work ordered to be built by…
LINTERNA - PARQUE TORRES
Arabic lighthouse of the 9th century. It is under the protection of the Declaration of the Decree of April 22nd, 1949, and Law 16/1985 on the Spanish…
FISH MARKET
The creation of the fish market building, made the fishing port the reference for many of the fisheries of the Region of Murcia. It is known that in the 40s…
SANTA ANA COMPLEMENTARY BATTERY
It was built in 1888, to house two Krupp cannons. It is located on the coastline, to the North of Santa Ana Acasamatada battery. It consists of two…
SANTA ANA ACASAMATADA BATTERY
This fortification is located on the coastline, on the ledge called Santa Ana. It was originally a fort at the beginning of 18th century, but it was later…
SAN LEANDRO BATTERY
18th century fortification that is located next to the a Curra wharf. Its main mission was (in cooperation with the rest of the defence batteries of the…
SAN ISIDORO AND SANTA FLORENTINA BATTERY
These two batteries constitute a single position, constructively connected. They were conceived in Esteban de Panón's project in the 18th century and…
HOLY WEEK
The International Tourist Interest of Cartagena's Holy Week defines what is going to be experienced by the visitor these days. A quick look at the…
CARTHAGINIANS AND ROMANS FESTIVITIES
A disembarkment commemorates the taking of the city, in the year 209 a.c. by the Roman troops of Escipión. This is the reason of a festive week in which…
CARNIVAL
Carnival festivities had in Cartagena a deep root, especially in the second half of the XIX century, although it was given up when it was banned at the end…
LA MAR DE MÚSICAS
CARTAGENA JAZZ FESTIVAL
FUNCARELE
Funcarele is an educational and cultural centre located in Palacio Molina -Molina Palace- within Cartagena`s historic downtown area. Its founder members are…
FUERTE DE NAVIDAD - CENTRO DE INTERPRETACIÓN DE LA ARQUITECTURA DEFENSIVA
. By visititng the Christmas Fort you will learn in detail the defensive system of Cartagena throughout history. Enrol like a cabin boy on our Tourist Boat,…
MONTEMARES GOLF
LOS BAÑOS DE LA MARRANA
Tradition says that it was a sow that suffered from rheumatism and that was having a lot of difficulty walking, she used to go with great effort to a…
SANTA ELENA TOWER
Situada a 22Kms de Cartagena, en una cota de 70m desde la que se domina la ensenada de la Azohía. Esta construcción es de planta hexagonal y con dos…
MUSEO ETNOGRÁFICO DEL CAMPO DE CARTAGENA