Casa de sir Francis Drake

The house with the heavy wooden balcony and stone doorway on the corner of Calle de la Factoría bears a plaque dedicated to Sir Francis Drake. In fifteen eighty-six, the English privateer anchored his fleet off Cartagena, stormed the city, and held it for ransom. Legend claims he occupied this very building while his men systematically looted the churches and the treasury. Whether he slept in this specific room remains a point of intense local debate, though the structure dates from that violent era.