1708 -
Wager's Action, a naval confrontation on 8 June 1708, between a British squadron under Charles Wager and the Spanish treasure fleet off the coast near Cartagena
1709 - Population: 4.556
1710 - The city is fully recovered from what the last raid destroyed.
December 10: Port of Buenavista, located in Mamonal industrial district, inaugurated.
2016
Bolívar Department, which's capital is Cartagena, was the department that grew economically the most in 2016 with 11,4%, much higher than the 2% national average.[33]
February: The planified city, Serena Del Mar, starts its construction in the north of Cartagena.[34]
February 27: Mamonal specialized docks for carbon movement, inaugurated.
April: Crespo's tunnel inaugurated.
July: First Neopanamax ship docks at Cartagena's harbor.[35]
September: Peace accords between the Colombian Government and the
FARC are signed in the Turbay Ayala convention center, assembling presidents from different countries, and big personalities such as
Ban Ki-moon.[36]
December: Estelar Hotel inaugurated in Bocagrande, becoming the tallest building in Cartagena with 202 m (662 ft).
May: Colombia's General Attorney's Office suspended mayor Manolo Duque from his charge because of corruption investigations.[38] Duque being found guilty and imprisoned later. Sergio Londoño Zurek would become Cartagena's in-charge mayor until atypical elections were held.
October: 9 members of Cartagena's council are investigated and called to the courts in January 2018.[39]
2018
5 km long Viaducto Cienaga de la Virgen (bridge) inaugurated. Reducing travel time from downtown to north Cartagena and Barranquilla.
^"Cartagena (Colombia) -- Prensa". Biblioteca Virtual (in Spanish). Colombia: Actividad Cultural del Banco de la República. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
William Alfred Hirst (1915),
"Cartagena", Guide to South America, New York: Macmillan Company
Joel Streicker (1997). "Spatial Reconfigurations, Imagined Geographies, and Social Conflicts in Cartagena, Colombia". Cultural Anthropology. 12 (1): 109–128.
doi:
10.1525/can.1997.12.1.109.
JSTOR656615.
David Marley (2005),
"Cartagena", Historic Cities of the Americas, Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO,
ISBN1576070271
1708 -
Wager's Action, a naval confrontation on 8 June 1708, between a British squadron under Charles Wager and the Spanish treasure fleet off the coast near Cartagena
1709 - Population: 4.556
1710 - The city is fully recovered from what the last raid destroyed.
December 10: Port of Buenavista, located in Mamonal industrial district, inaugurated.
2016
Bolívar Department, which's capital is Cartagena, was the department that grew economically the most in 2016 with 11,4%, much higher than the 2% national average.[33]
February: The planified city, Serena Del Mar, starts its construction in the north of Cartagena.[34]
February 27: Mamonal specialized docks for carbon movement, inaugurated.
April: Crespo's tunnel inaugurated.
July: First Neopanamax ship docks at Cartagena's harbor.[35]
September: Peace accords between the Colombian Government and the
FARC are signed in the Turbay Ayala convention center, assembling presidents from different countries, and big personalities such as
Ban Ki-moon.[36]
December: Estelar Hotel inaugurated in Bocagrande, becoming the tallest building in Cartagena with 202 m (662 ft).
May: Colombia's General Attorney's Office suspended mayor Manolo Duque from his charge because of corruption investigations.[38] Duque being found guilty and imprisoned later. Sergio Londoño Zurek would become Cartagena's in-charge mayor until atypical elections were held.
October: 9 members of Cartagena's council are investigated and called to the courts in January 2018.[39]
2018
5 km long Viaducto Cienaga de la Virgen (bridge) inaugurated. Reducing travel time from downtown to north Cartagena and Barranquilla.
^"Cartagena (Colombia) -- Prensa". Biblioteca Virtual (in Spanish). Colombia: Actividad Cultural del Banco de la República. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
William Alfred Hirst (1915),
"Cartagena", Guide to South America, New York: Macmillan Company
Joel Streicker (1997). "Spatial Reconfigurations, Imagined Geographies, and Social Conflicts in Cartagena, Colombia". Cultural Anthropology. 12 (1): 109–128.
doi:
10.1525/can.1997.12.1.109.
JSTOR656615.
David Marley (2005),
"Cartagena", Historic Cities of the Americas, Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO,
ISBN1576070271