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Highlights include Adolfo Mejía Theater (Teatro Heredia), Camellón de los Mártires, Church of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Clock Tower Gate and Plaza de los Coches, Convent of Santa Clara (Hotel Santa Clara), Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad.

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  1. Adolfo Mejía Theater (Teatro Heredia): story on the “San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall” route

    Here, the building’s rescue unfolds through details that were first removed and returned years later.

  2. Camellón de los Mártires: story on the “Getsemaní: A Neighborhood of Artisans and Neighbors” route

    Here, the official memorial line begins with a mismatch between the number of people executed and the number of portraits.

  3. Church of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo: story on the “San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall” route

    This stop connects the parish’s origins, the dispute over its dedication, and the memory of the British siege.

  4. Clock Tower Gate and Plaza de los Coches: story on the “Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions” route

    Here you will see how the square's location just beyond the gate turned the city entrance into a place where people were distributed.

  5. Convent of Santa Clara (Hotel Santa Clara): story on the “San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall” route

    This stop separates the fictional biography of Santa Clara from the documented history of the convent and hospital.

  6. Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad: story on the “Getsemaní: A Neighborhood of Artisans and Neighbors” route

    The church shows the price the residents paid for their own church and which right its donor did not receive.

  7. Las Bóvedas: story on the “San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall” route

    The final stop will show how military rooms were given a new life thanks to the first tenants.

  8. Parque del Centenario: story on the “Getsemaní: A Neighborhood of Artisans and Neighbors” route

    The park shows how an anniversary monument and the artisans' contribution diverged over the choice of the main hero.

  9. Plaza de la Aduana: story on the “Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions” route

    The weapons storehouse will show why the political dispute in this square could end in full independence.

  10. Plaza de la Trinidad: story on the “Getsemaní: A Neighborhood of Artisans and Neighbors” route

    The square is needed to move the story of independence from the meeting hall to the people gathered before marching on the junta.

  11. Plaza de San Pedro Claver: story on the “Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions” route

    The history of the interpreters reveals the limits of help that operated within the system of slavery.

  12. Plaza Fernández de Madrid: story on the “San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall” route

    Here you will see how a monument and the square's name turned a contested biography into the story of a city hero.

  13. Calle de la Media Luna: story on the “Getsemaní: A Neighborhood of Artisans and Neighbors” route

    A vanished fortification makes it possible to examine a military maneuver in which an unsuccessful assault achieved its purpose.

  14. Calle del Pozo: story on the “Getsemaní: A Neighborhood of Artisans and Neighbors” route

    The final stop explains the shape of the square through the vanished shared source of water for household use.

  15. Callejón Angosto: story on the “Getsemaní: A Neighborhood of Artisans and Neighbors” route

    The alley will connect the old dense development with the neighbors’ recent attempt to make the street shared again.

  16. India Catalina Monument: story on the “Cartagena’s Landward Defense: From Media Luna Gate to San Felipe de Barajas” route

    This is where the route along the avenue associated with the man against whom the interpreter testified begins.

  17. Old Boots Monument: story on the “Cartagena’s Landward Defense: From Media Luna Gate to San Felipe de Barajas” route

    The history of the monument’s two versions links a municipal demolition, poetic mockery, and the habit of taking photographs inside the sculpture.

  18. San Ignacio Bastion: story on the “Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions” route

    Two lines of masonry preserve the outcome of a long dispute between the college and the military defenses.

  19. Santa Catalina and San Lucas Bastions: story on the “San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall” route

    Here, the layout of the northern defenses becomes clear through engineering economy, a storm, and the later rebuilding.

  20. Santo Domingo Bastion: story on the “Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions” route

    At the site of the nighttime breakthrough, it becomes clear why they began building the permanent defensive ring precisely here.

  21. Heredia Bridge and the site of the Media Luna Ravelin: story on the “Cartagena’s Landward Defense: From Media Luna Gate to San Felipe de Barajas” route

    This stop shows how a military entrance gave way to a straight city road.

  22. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de San Diego and the former Recollect convent — 10 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  23. Nearest audio-route stop: Batteries and Bastions — 150 m in a straight line, route Cartagena’s Landward Defense: From Media Luna Gate to San Felipe de Barajas

  24. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de San Pedro Claver — 120 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  25. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de la Aduana — 110 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  26. Nearest audio-route stop: Convent of Santa Clara (Hotel Santa Clara) — 120 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  27. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de la Aduana — 100 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  28. Nearest audio-route stop: San Ignacio Bastion — 90 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  29. Nearest audio-route stop: Adolfo Mejía Theater (Teatro Heredia) — 20 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  30. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de San Pedro Claver — 90 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  31. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de San Pedro Claver — 140 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  32. Nearest audio-route stop: Adolfo Mejía Theater (Teatro Heredia) — 80 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  33. Nearest audio-route stop: Convent of Santa Clara (Hotel Santa Clara) — 130 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  34. Nearest audio-route stop: Santa Catalina and San Lucas Bastions — 70 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  35. Nearest audio-route stop: San Ignacio Bastion — 130 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  36. Nearest audio-route stop: India Catalina Monument — 60 m in a straight line, route Cartagena’s Landward Defense: From Media Luna Gate to San Felipe de Barajas

  37. Nearest audio-route stop: Santo Domingo Bastion — 130 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  38. Nearest audio-route stop: Santo Domingo Bastion — 150 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  39. Nearest audio-route stop: San Ignacio Bastion — 40 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  40. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza Fernández de Madrid — 120 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  41. Nearest audio-route stop: San Ignacio Bastion — 120 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  42. Nearest audio-route stop: Adolfo Mejía Theater (Teatro Heredia) — 130 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  43. Nearest audio-route stop: Las Bóvedas — 100 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  44. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de San Pedro Claver — 140 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  45. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de la Aduana — 80 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  46. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de San Pedro Claver — 110 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  47. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de la Aduana — 30 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  48. Nearest audio-route stop: Las Bóvedas — 100 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  49. Nearest audio-route stop: Santa Catalina and San Lucas Bastions — 100 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  50. Nearest audio-route stop: Clock Tower Gate and Plaza de los Coches — 30 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  51. Nearest audio-route stop: Camellón de los Mártires — 30 m in a straight line, route Getsemaní: A Neighborhood of Artisans and Neighbors

  52. Nearest audio-route stop: Camellón de los Mártires — 50 m in a straight line, route Getsemaní: A Neighborhood of Artisans and Neighbors

  53. Nearest audio-route stop: Adolfo Mejía Theater (Teatro Heredia) — 40 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  54. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de San Pedro Claver — 70 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  55. Nearest audio-route stop: Santa Catalina and San Lucas Bastions — 110 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  56. Nearest audio-route stop: Ramps and Sloping Walls — 60 m in a straight line, route Cartagena’s Landward Defense: From Media Luna Gate to San Felipe de Barajas

  57. Nearest audio-route stop: Calle del Pozo — 140 m in a straight line, route Getsemaní: A Neighborhood of Artisans and Neighbors

  58. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza Fernández de Madrid — 10 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  59. Nearest audio-route stop: Las Bóvedas — 80 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  60. Nearest audio-route stop: Las Bóvedas — 70 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  61. Nearest audio-route stop: Heredia Bridge and the site of the Media Luna Ravelin — 130 m in a straight line, route Cartagena’s Landward Defense: From Media Luna Gate to San Felipe de Barajas

  62. Nearest audio-route stop: Church of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo — 40 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  63. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de la Aduana — 110 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  64. Nearest audio-route stop: Clock Tower Gate and Plaza de los Coches — 60 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  65. Nearest audio-route stop: Camellón de los Mártires — 60 m in a straight line, route Getsemaní: A Neighborhood of Artisans and Neighbors

  66. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de la Aduana — 80 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  67. Nearest audio-route stop: Santa Catalina and San Lucas Bastions — 100 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  68. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de San Pedro Claver — 80 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  69. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de la Trinidad — 20 m in a straight line, route Getsemaní: A Neighborhood of Artisans and Neighbors

  70. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de San Pedro Claver — 70 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  71. Nearest audio-route stop: Camellón de los Mártires — 50 m in a straight line, route Getsemaní: A Neighborhood of Artisans and Neighbors

  72. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de San Pedro Claver — 130 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  73. Nearest audio-route stop: Clock Tower Gate and Plaza de los Coches — 20 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  74. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de la Aduana — 150 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  75. Nearest audio-route stop: Convent of Santa Clara (Hotel Santa Clara) — 100 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  76. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de San Diego and the former Recollect convent — 70 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  77. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de la Aduana — 120 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  78. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de San Diego and the former Recollect convent — 110 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  79. Nearest audio-route stop: Plaza de San Pedro Claver — 70 m in a straight line, route Cartagena's Old Port: Gates, Squares, and Bastions

  80. Nearest audio-route stop: Church of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo — 110 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall

  81. Nearest audio-route stop: Convent of Santa Clara (Hotel Santa Clara) — 80 m in a straight line, route San Diego: Convents, Theater, and the Northern Wall