Cartagena, Spain Photo Gallery
At the Museum of Underwater Archaeology (ARQUA).
We found these containers interesting with their pointed bottom. Was it to stack them easier and seal the vase below it?
Coins that have been found under water in shipwrecks and cleaned in a series of steps to restore.
The beautiful murals painted near the entrance gate.
The entrance gate from the port to the city where we saw the beautiful murals.
The Casa de la Fortuna, the “House of Fortune”-The Latin inscription “Fortuna propita” found by the back door, whose translation could be “Good luck", gave the house it's name.
The floor of this Roman house was decorated like this with inlaid stones. I'd never seen a house like this before.
Street art in Cartagena, Artist: KRASER TRES – KRASER 3
This is my artistic photo of Brian looking back at his past occupation.
Plaza de San Francisco-This square is in the Old Quarter and is built upon the ruins of the Convent of San Francisco.
Brian looking at Monumento Al Pintor Vicente Ros-A famous painter who worked in Madrid and Cartagena. He died in the Cartagena in 1976.
The other side of Plaza de San Francisco with the headless Statue of Augustus.
This city has so many excavation sites, because it has been built over an ancient Roman port. They are trying to save some of the building facades and not completely destroy the city they have today.
This is what remains on the inside of a building where it was torn down for excavation.
Looking down one of the pretty pedestrian streets of Cartagena.
These decorative reliefs were on the outside of the Church of Santa Maria de Gracia. There were many of them and they told the story of Jesus and some of their saints.
Ayuntamiento Cartagena or Palacio Consistorial, is the building which houses the Town Hall of Cartagena.
Ayuntamiento Cartagena-Another view of City Hall.
I loved the striking blue, grey-marble tiles here. They were everywhere in the town and something that you notice.
At the restaurant El Viejo Almacen we had some tapas. This was called Matrimonio, which was Anchovy and Boqueron.
My fried octopus and mashed potatoes.
Brian caught me eating the octopus. I do really like octopus.
The Roman Theatre of Cartagena, built between the years 5 and 1 BCE, had a capacity of 6,000 spectators. In 1988 the first remains of the theatre were discovered and the archaeological excavations and the restorations were completed in 2003, not that long ago.
The attached remains of the Church of Santa Maria la Vieja at the Roman Theater.
Brian in the theater-You can see how they built over old ruins over the years.
Brian and I at the Roman theater.
The Monument to the Heroes of Cavite and Santiago de Cuba that commemorates the role of the naval squadrons commanded by Patricio Montojo and Pascual Cervera during the 1898 Spanish–American War.
Brian with the sitting Replacement Sailor in Plaza Ayuntamiento.
Brian with the Monument to the Replacement Navy sailor.