الفتح الإسلامي للأندلس
In the 9th century, after the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, Islamic sources referred to the town – which was probably not much more than a village by then – as "Qartayanna" or Cartagena. The Marinids constructed a tower nearby, known today as the "Torre de Cartagena", using stones from the ruined Roman walls.