Districts of Cartagena, Spain
Their city, Qart Hadasht, assumed the role of capital and had a number of high status buildings and structures.
Following the collapse of the Roman Empire, during the era of Visigothic control over almost all of the Iberian Peninsula, there was a period of political uncertainty in Carthago Nova.
Justinian I secured a coastal strip the exact extent of which is unknown, although it may have been bounded in the west by the Strait of Gibraltar and in the east by Cap de la Nau (Valencia).
North African invaders, whose political and religious cohesion gave them an advantage over the disunited Visigoths, moved in.
The Castilian prince accordingly determined to conquer Cartagena, but initially left the town in peace because time and resources were short and he had first to subdue Orihuela and other localities.
This architectural sophistication extended beyond private housing, and also characterized public buildings such as the Palacio Consistorial, the Cartagena's railway station, and the Basilica of La Caridad.
In the 18th century, military construction work in Cartagena was a significant source of employment, with the building of the arsenal and other defensive structures.
In contrast, La Concepción was established as a result of this population influx triggered by military construction activity in the port.
Rincón de San Ginés is located in the south-east of the municipality of Cartagena, and borders the Mediterranean Sea and the coastal saltwater lagoon Mar Menor.
Fishermen from Alicante, Mazarrón, and Almería had begun to spend long periods in the area, and settled and built dwellings there during the last quarter of the 19th century.
[22] In 1900, there was a spa, with rooms, a restaurant, halls with a piano, and other facilities in Los Nietos alongside the fishermen's housing.
[25] The 18th century saw an influx of immigrants to the Cartagena, attracted by the military construction work being undertaken in the town during that period.
Due to a lack of space within the town walls, new arrivals settled in the surrounding neighbourhoods, including Santa Lucía.
[16][17] Doing the 18th century, music and dance shows were put on by Spanish and foreign companies, and theatrical performances both professional and amateur.
As the export of raw minerals was forbidden, lead processing factories were established in the municipality of Cartagena, including the Franco-Española foundry built in Santa Lucía in 1842.
This phenomenon underlies the appearance of villages throughout the dispersed urban nucleus, of which Pozo Estrecho and La Palma are examples.
[6][7] The name of this area comes from the Arabic al-Hurra (the free woman; born to good social standing; not a slave).
On June 1558 eighteen Turks sailing in eight galiots disembarked on Cape Palos and entered Alumbres, plundering the hamlet and taking all of its inhabitants.
[35] The settlement and its development were closely tied to the mining of alum, the Spanish word alumbre giving the area its name.
[38] From 1910, Cartagena went into prolonged economic crisis as a result of a fall in the price of mining products such as lead, zinc, and iron.
[40] Lentiscar is located at the north-eastern end of the municipality of Cartagena, and borders the Mar Menor to the east.
[6][7] The name of the district derives from the plant Pistacia lentiscus (lentisk or mastic, lentisco in Spanish), which grew abundantly in the area in the past.
[6][7] During the Paleolithic era, there was Neanderthal occupation of the territory, and paleontological remains have been found in the Cueva Bermeja cave.
[41] Los Puertos de Santa Bárbara is located in the south-west of Cartagena, and borders Perín to the east, Campo Nubla to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
[6][7] Paleontological remains in the Cueva del Caballoa cave, close to Isla Plana, attest to Paleolithic occupation of this territory.
[6][7] The name Hondón comes from Arabic al-fundun, and has its origin in the Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula, (Al-Andalus) during the Middle Ages.
Another possible etymology of this toponym derives from 11th century texts in which the word al-fundun appears refer to the fertility of the soils of Lorca.
[45] In the 16th century, there was a legal dispute between Cartagena, Murcia and Lorca over possession of the territory of the current district which, in that era, was uninhabited pastureland.
The name of this district comes from the Latin Scomber, the Atlantic mackerel, used to describe the ancient Roman fermented fish sauce, garum.
[49] There are historical documentary references to Berbers taking refuge here in the 16th century, at a time when the Iberian Peninsula had already been reconquered.
