Foundation of Cartagena De Indias
After spending Christmas Day in Santo Domingo, Heredia sailed through the Caribbean Sea and toured the mainland (Santa Marta, Magdalena mouths). He bordered several villages of the Mocana Indians, until he reached Calamari, the largest village, stood on the sandy inner shore of Cartagena Bay on January 14 of 1533. After fierce combats against natives from the territory of Turbaco, Heredia founded the city of "Cartagena de Poniente" (nowadays Cartagena de Indias), to make it different from Cartagena de Levante, in Spain; both with similar bays. The exact date of the foundation of Cartagena de Indias remains a topic of controversy. Some argue that the date was on the 20 or 21 January of 1533, although the Colombian Academy of History agreed to establish the foundation date of June 1, 1533.
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