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Punic wall of Cartagena

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One of the very few surviving examples of Carthaginian military architecture in Europe, this 3rd-century BC defensive wall was built by the Carthaginians to protect their strategic Mediterranean port city of Qart Hadasht, featuring massive sandstone blocks and an interpretive center explaining the Punic Wars that shaped the western Mediterranean.