2018 SPAIN - CARTAGENA sights to see

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  • čas přidán 23. 07. 2018
  • Wander and discover the historical streets of Cartagena, Spain with us passing beautiful balconies and buildings, Roman ruins, Palacia Consistoria (Town Hall), 2000 year old Roman Theatre and the important Cartagena harbor.
    Filmed April 2018
    The town was originally named Mastia. Possessing one of the best harbors in the Western Mediterranean, it was re-founded by the Carthaginian general Hannabel (Hasdrubal) in 228 BC as Qart Hadasht ("New City"), identically named to Carthage, for the purpose of serving as a stepping-off point for the conquest of Spain.
    The Roman general Scipio Africanus conquered it in 209 BC and renamed it as Carthago Nova (literally "New New City") to distinguish it from the mother city. Julius Caesar gave the town Latin Rights, and Octavian renamed it in his honor as the colony Colonia Victrix Iulia Nova Carthago or Colonia Vrbs Iulia Nova Carthago (C. V. I. N. C.) depending on the source.
    The city was very relevant both in the Carthaginian and the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. In 298 AD, Diocletian constituted a new Roman province in Hispania called Carthaginensis and settled the capital in this city. It remained important until it was sacked by the Vandals in 435 AD.
    During the Roman period, it was the site of major silver mines, yielding a daily revenue of 25,000 drachmae. It was known also for the production of garum, a fermented fish sauce, and for esparto grass[9] which granted it a new name, Cartago Spartaria.
    Produced with CyberLink PowerDirector 16

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