Founded in 227 by the Carthaginian Hasdrubal the Fair, Cartagena,It is the site of Spain’s chief Mediterranean naval base. Its harbour, the fines

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Founded in 227 by the Carthaginian Hasdrubal the Fair, Cartagena,It is the site of Spain’s chief Mediterranean naval base. Its harbour, the finest on the east coast, is a deep spacious bay dominated to seaward by four hills crowned with forts and approached by a narrow entrance guarded by batteries. The outer bay is sheltered by Escombrera Island.

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