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Through the Department of Social Services, the group of ninety seniors who make up the program Hiking came last week to a guided tour of the premises of the Military Arsenal and the Submarine Base in order to know the past and present of these two emblems of the city.
In the Submarine Base they could see a mock dive and then toured the ship Vencedora, where the commander explained its mission and various details of the transformation undergone by boat in recent years.
Meanwhile, in the Military Arsenal also they had a quick word about their history and motivation of its construction, as it is a shipyard that was created with the intention to develop the naval policy of Philip V and his secretary, elmarqués of Ensenada.
Cartagena was appointed head of the Maritime Department of the Mediterranean, and this reason is entrusted to the military engineer Sebastian Feringa building an arsenal in the city.
They were further explained that the works officially began in 1732 and required large number of prisoners and slaves who later would contribute to the construction of ships and fortifications of the city.
A Feringán death in 1762, the works were commissioned military engineer Mateo Vodopich, who completed them in 1782 after countless vicissitudes due to the magnitude of the work, and under the reign of Carlos III.
This output, which were accompanied at all times by Major Cultural guides and militargracias to the collaboration of the Navy staff, was the fourteenth of a total of twenty is scheduled Social Services.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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