Las Bóvedas

Las Bóvedas, in Cartagena

Las Bóvedas is a long gallery of forty-seven arches set against the walls of Cartagena, today dedicated to crafts. The Cartagena audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this colonial building, with a military past, become a souvenir market.

The forty-seven arches of the former vaults

With its forty-seven aligned arches, Las Bóvedas is one of the most recognisable buildings of Cartagena de Indias. Built at the end of the eighteenth century, set against the walls, this long vaulted building originally served as military warehouses to store weapons and ammunition, before being used, in darker times, as a place of detention. Today, its colourful vaults shelter a craft market where you find souvenirs, traditional objects and local creations. A witness of the military past of the city, Las Bóvedas has become a lively and colourful place, prized by visitors.

What to see

Here you wander under the forty-seven vaulted arches set against the walls, among the stalls of crafts, souvenirs and local creations, witnesses of the military past of the city. Las Bóvedas is a colourful and lively place of Cartagena. It is a picturesque stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

Las Bóvedas lies to the north of the old town of Cartagena de Indias, set against the walls, reachable on foot. The gallery is freely accessible; the craft stalls have their own hours. You discover it during a walk along the ramparts.

What was Las Bóvedas in Cartagena?

A long gallery of forty-seven vaulted arches, set against the walls, built at the end of the eighteenth century as military warehouses, then a place of detention, today a craft market.

Where is Las Bóvedas?

To the north of the old town of Cartagena de Indias, set against the walls, in Colombia.