The Plazuela del Pozo anchors the Getsemani neighborhood with a stone well at its center, surrounded by low, colorfully painted colonial buildings. Long before modern water systems arrived, this well served as the primary freshwater source…
Getsemaní Art and Culture Walk
This stroll leads you through the colorful alleys and spirited plazas of Getsemaní to reveal the community roots, local stories, and powerful murals behind Cartagena's most artistic neighborhood.
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1. Plazuela del Pozo
2. Calle de Las Sombrillas
A canopy of colorful umbrellas hangs suspended between the colonial balconies of Calle de Las Sombrillas. This street segment transformed into an art installation when local business owners sought to provide shade from the intense…
3. Plaza de la Trinidad
Plaza de la Trinidad features a sun-bleached colonial church on one side and a collection of open-air restaurants that spill into the square. In eighteen eleven, this space became the center of Cartagena’s independence movement. Pedro…
4. Calle de la Sierpe
Calle de la Sierpe displays a row of weathered colonial houses distinguished by their heavy wooden balconies and vivid, peeling paint. While the rest of Getsemaní evolved into a tourist hub, this street retained the grit of the nineteen…
5. Arte Getsemani Galery
The bright, oversized paintings spilling out of the doorway mark Arte Getsemani Gallery. This space occupies a former colonial house in a neighborhood once home to local laborers and street vendors. While the rest of Cartagena often…
6. Centenario Park
Centenario Park features a dense canopy of ancient banyan trees whose roots spill over the sidewalks and snake across the dirt paths. Cartagena built this space in nineteen hundred and eleven to celebrate the centennial of its independence…