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Punic Wall of Cartagena

Monument · Cartagena, Campo de Cartagena, Murcia

Punic Wall of Cartagena

The Punic wall of Cartagena is an archaeological site from the 3rd century BC, the oldest surviving remnant of the city and one of the few remains of Punic defensive constructions preserved in Spain. In 227 BC the Carthaginian Hasdrubal the Fair founded the city of Qart Hadasht here, the Carthaginian capital on the Iberian Peninsula, probably over an earlier Iberian settlement called Mastia. The wall, which follows Hellenistic models and is built of tabaire with more than three metres of height preserved, defended the city until the siege by the Roman general Scipio Africanus, which put an end to Punic rule in Cartagena. The remains can be visited today at the Punic Wall Interpretation Centre, the only visible vestige of the Punic era in Spain.

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