A long-lost Spanish fort, San Matías, has been rediscovered submerged in Cartagena Bay, Colombia. Built in 1567 to defend the city, the fort was dismantled in 1626. The discovery opens new insights into the region’s colonial defense system.
Colombia unveils plans to recover artifacts from the legendary San José galleon, sunken off the coast of Cartagena in 1708, in a strategic deep-sea expedition scheduled for spring 2024.
Documents with the coordinates of the San José Galleon shipwreck are either misplaced or lost, claims a news report, despite the location considered a state-guarded secret.
Colombia and Spain have reached an agreement to work together in the recovery of the legendary San José galleon.
The San José, a Spanish galleon rumored to contain as much as US$17 billion in treasure, has been found in deep Colombian waters.