A walk through the stories and legends of Cartagena

Few cities in the world can boast of having three thousand years of history under their feet. Throughout the ages, Iberians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths, Muslims, Byzantines... have left their indelible mark in every corner of Cartagena, as well as filling the city with thousands of stories, legends and characters that now belong to the collective memory of the people. In , A walk through the stories and legends of Cartagena, Beatriz Sánchez del Álamo and Paco López Mengual have compiled some of the most striking tales of the city with the aim of preserving and spreading them. The stories take place in different periods, such as the Roman era, the Middle Ages, the Civil War and the War of Independence, and the turbulent nineteenth century. At the same time, they have described a varied and disparate human catalogue in whose stories coexist marquises and neighbourhood pimps, saints and prostitutes, masters and slaves, Russian princesses and military men. Among others, in A walk through the stories and legends of Cartagena , the authors remind us of the impressive lives of historical figures such as El Chipé, Isaac Peral and Caridad la Negra.