The Punic Wall — Attraction in Cartagena

This is a must-see location in Carthage and is one that is easily overlooked as visitors walk past on their way to/from the station. Here you will see remnants of the original city wall built by the Carthaginians over 2200 years ago. The visit includes a short video in multiple languages that provides some background to the struggle between the Carthaginians and Romans during the successive Punic wars, and a poster exhibit that provides a helpful historical timeline. An additional and unexpected treat is the crypt from a 16th century church that was built over the ancient wall. A little eerie but...

I would visit the ancient Punic Wall museum. This was portions of the wall constructed to defend the city from Roman attacks. The museum makes it possible to view the double wall with rooms and ammo storage within the thick wall. You can also see the actual crypt that was uncovered when this section of the wall was uncovered. You can't go down into the crypt at this time as they are still working on architecture dig in this area. This is the only way to view the actual ancient wall and crypt. We did this museum as part of the tour of Cartagena Spain through...

Expected much more. Walls are only partially intact (as you'd expect, I guess). The staff were incredibly friendly and sorted the visual presentation for our native language, as it is a DVD player projection in a room (many languages are available). Worth doing it for this visual presentation alone. Very informative. Gives you a context of the role of Cartagena in ancient European history and how the...