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Cartagena: Miss Colombia
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Cartagena has experienced heavy urban development in recent years, particularly with the construction of new skyscrapers. As of October 2007, there were 42 high-rises under construction, including an effort to create Colombia's tallest, the Torre de la Escollera. The new high-rise, extraordinarily narrow, was expected to be completed in early 2007, and was planned to stand at 676 ft (206 m) and have 58 floors. However, a construction defect has led to its dismantling.
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Cartagena is the ideal place for a conference, but will the participants stay faithful to the event they are supposed to attend. With colonial treasures to discover, antiquated streets, museums, galleries and shops to peruse, do people go missing? Do the Congresos and Festivales seem thin on bodies? Are there visible empty seats in the conference auditoriums?
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Cartagena de Indias is the Caribbeans best kept secret. The gateway to Colombia, this city was once the centre of the African Slave Trade and one of the busiest port towns for the trade of gold, coffee, and emeralds in and out of the Americas. As a result it was almost constantly under attack from Great British, French and Dutch invaders and pirates and was heavily fortified against attack.
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Cartagena (pronounced kär'tä-hĕ'nä), formally known as Cartagena de Indias (Cartagena of Indies) or Cartagena la Heroica (The Heroic), is a large seaport on the north coast of Colombia. It has a population of roughly 1,075,000 (2006). Founded in 1533 by don Pedro de Heredia, and named after the port of Cartegena in Spain's Murcia region, it was a major center of early Spanish settlement in the Americas, and continues to be an economic hub as well as a popular tourist destination. Edit this section or read more
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Club Naútico in Cartagena sells an excellent detailed chart of the Islas Rosarios, as well as a list of waypoints to guide you safely into the southern anchorage. The chart "DMA 26000: Cabo Gracias to Puerto Colombia" covers from the northern Colombian coast down, around and up the coast of Central America to the Honduran border. From the Rosarios, daysail south to the Islas de San Bernardo. There are several anchoring options here:
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Cartagena tackles numerous social issues in the U.S. such as consumer culture, homelessness, and material waste. His artistic palette has ... branched out to include sculpture, audio and video. In recent years, Cartagena has also ventured into the world of set-design, receiving critical acclaim for his set-design for Greg Sarris' Mission Indians, a Campo Santo/Intersection for the Arts production and his collaboration with Larry Reed and Octavio Solis on Shadowlight's Seven Visions of Encarnacion.
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