| From the birth of Cartagena de Indias in 1533 to the Declaration of Absolute Independence from Spain in 1811, almost three centuries went by in the Colony Period, when Cartagena was one of the most important cities of the Spanish Crown in american land.
This primacy made it object of rival powers, which didn't scrimp efforts to site, loot, and destroy the city. The noble and loyal city of Cartagena de Indias would write many pages in the history of the new world, standing out for the courage of its governors and people.
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