After bahareque structures, Cartagena knew the convents.
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When Cartagena de Indias, the port of entry to the West Indies, left behind the bahareque structures to gradually become one of the most important port cities of the colonies.
Old photo of the convent (before to be an hotel)
Doña María de Barros y Montalvo offered her wealth to erect a convent where spend your last years. On March 24, 1609, the founding act was signed.
Photo: The convent's interior
The wealthy widow of the society wanted to leave as an inheritance the first cloister of Reformed Carmelite sisters, in accordance with the conservative regulations of Blessed Teresa of Jesus.
Photo: Santa Teresa square
And so it was, until the convent succumbed in 1861 when it was expropriated, to be definitively abolished in 1863.
Photo: The Hotel's entrance
The frontal cloister was demolished, leaving space for the current Plaza de Santa Teresa. And the convent became the current Hotel Charleston Santa Teresa.
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I am Lilibeth Molina Arroyo, I am 22 years old; I like music, dance, exercise and the English language.
I am a student at the University of Cartagena and a teacher at Colegio Mixto La Popa.
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