Cartagena, Colombia is a large seaport on the north coast of
Colombia. It was a major center of
early Spanish settlement in the Americas. It is a walled
city with a large sheltered bay. In Spanish times it was defended by a massive stone fort,
San Filipe[?]. Cartagena boasted a palace of the
inquisition and a
Jesuit college.
St. Peter Claver patron
saint of the
slaves worked in and from the Jesuit college.
Cartagena is named for Cartagena, Spain and also called "Cartagena de Indias".