Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, one of the best-preserved colonial cities in Latin America

Cartagena de Indias is one of the best-preserved colonial cities in Latin America, founded in 1533. 🤩

Cartagena played an important role as the main trading port during the Spanish colonial period, serving as a place for the export of gold and jewelry to Europe. 🏛

Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel laureate in literature, lived in Cartagena and wrote about its unique atmosphere in his works. 📖