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This is a view I had from my hotel痴 window. You can see San Filipe Castle in the foreground and Popa monastery in the higher mountain of background. I could see the old town, surrounded by walls, in the opposite side of the window too.
Cartagena de Indias was a very important port during the colonial times, it was the link between Spain and its mines of gold and silver in South America.
This town was rounded by walls, receiving more protection and new forts during the centuries, anyway, despite this, it was invaded by Francis Drake (1586), by J.B.L.Desjean (1697) and finally attacked by Edward Vernon (1741), when the English kingdon did a giant invasion (31,000 men), taking control of the bay and conquering many forts and bases around the town, anyway they didn稚 get to take control of San Filipe castle, that was only a small fort in that time and protected the walled town. English were obligated to wait a better opportunity to win but soon tropical diseases begun to kill the soldiers, obligating the invaders to go out fast. After this the hill around the fort was covered with more walls and protections becoming the largest fort in Americas.
Here you can see the older part of the fort only, it is located in the highest point of the hill, most part of the building is hidden at left .

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Esta � uma vista da janela do meu quarto de hotel. Vemos aqui o Castelo de San Filipe em primeiro plano e mais al駑, numa colina mais alta, o Convento de la Popa. No lado oposto da janela eu ainda podia ver o centro antigo, rodeado de muralhas.
Cartagena de Indias era uma importante cidade portu疵ia nos tempos coloniais. Era ela o elo de liga鈬o entre a Espanha e suas minas de ouro e prata na Am駻ica do Sul.
Esta cidade foi ganhando muralhas e fortes no decorrer dos s馗ulos, no entanto foi invadida por Francis Drake (1586) e por J.B.L. Desjean (1698), acabando por ser atacada por Edward Vernon (1741), numa gigantesca invas縊 tramada pelos ingleses que trouxeram 31 mil homens. De imediato conseguiram tomar a ba�a e muitas das suas fortifica鋏es, mas esbarraram no pequeno forte de San Filipe, que n縊 conseguiram tomar e que protegia a cidade amuralhada. Obrigados a esperar, acabaram perdendo boa parte dos homens devido 疽 doen軋s tropicais, batendo em retirada humilhante. Depois disto toda a colina do forte foi coberta de muros e basti�es, se tornando o maior forte do continente. Na foto voc黌 podem ver apenas parte mais antiga do forte, que � a parte mais alta, o restante est� oculto, � esquerda.