Cartagena
Colombia situated on the Carribean coast of Colombia - a true walled city
surrounded
by thick walls built of crushed coral and local stone in the 16th
century to protect it from the attacks of such persons as Sir Francis Drake –
not a pirate but a privateer commissioned by Elizabeth 1 to go and plunder. It took two centuries to complete due to
repeated attacks from storms and pirates before this the town was completely unprotected.
All the
riches of Colombia came down the river from the interior and were collected at
the Fort San Felipe before shipment back to Spain. This fort was impregnable and was never
breached.
The gold displayed in the Gold Museum is from
the Sinu Indians who inhabitated the Bolivar region before the Spanish
conquest.
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