Historic Sites in Colombia

Salgar Castle was built to avoid undue buying and selling traffic of goods by foreign vessels on the Magdalena River with the purpose of avoiding taxes.............

It is called the Historic center because in that region are found most of the architectural gems built in Santa Marta since its founding in 1525.............

It is a place of great historical recognition, being the scenario where the Boyaca Battle was held, being the military confrontation that sealed the independence of Colom

It is one of the most important cultural centers of the city of Barranquilla............

The historic center of Cartagena called the "Walled City" was declared Colombia National Heritage in 1959, and World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984.............

The San Felipe de Barajas Castle, a fortress located on a hill called San Lazaro, was built in 1536 during the Spanish colonial era.............

A Bolivarian Museum, where some objects of the time are preserved, some used by the Liberator Simón Bolívar.............

The cloister of the convent of La Popa is one of the most beautiful of Cartagena.............

The Punishment Tribunal of the Holy Office adopted this palace as its headquarters, one of the most elegant and distinguished buildings of the Colonial era of Cartagena..