Ruta El Legado de 'El Getsemanicense'
Ruta El Legado de 'El Getsemanicense'
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The origin of the name is somewhat obscure. It dates back to the Colonial era, with clues pointing to the León region in what is now Spain. Scholar Donaldo Bossa Herazo suggested that it might have been named “Calle de Nuestra Señora de la Lomba” and listed several possibilities: it could mean “hill” in Leonese, there is a revered virgin with that title in the region, and there are surnames Lomba and Lombo there. Another theory is that it is a shortened form of “colomba” (dove).
Measuring 157 meters, Calle Lomba was home to many of the neighborhood's original inhabitants. It has been a street of numerous memorable families—up to thirty at one time—who have moved away, though the Barboza, Gaviria, Pombo, and Acevedo families remain. Since the 1940s, it has also been a festive street and a meeting point for joy and dancing, as remembered by Ángel Pérez. For example, on October 12, 1946, the Centro Social Cultural Los Condes Galantes was founded there, where unforgettable dances were held.
CALLE LOMBA
The origin of the name is somewhat obscure. It dates back to the Colonial era, with clues pointing to the León region in what is now Spain. Scholar Donaldo Bossa Herazo suggested that it might have been named “Calle de Nuestra Señora de la Lomba” and listed several possibilities: it could mean “hill” in Leonese, there is a revered virgin with that title in the region, and there are surnames Lomba and Lombo there.
ÁNGEL PÉREZ MORGAN AND FRANCIA MARTELO GAVIRIA
Ángel and Francia have been married for seventy years. Their life together has allowed them to build a family that extends to great-grandchildren. They also made their way to the United States and assisted the wave of Getsemaní residents who migrated to New York in the 70s and 80, before returning to their beloved neighborhood to stay.
THE TRADITION IS ALIVE
“El Día de las Velitas was a blast! From four in the morning, we were awake, running through all the streets of Getsemaní with cans. All the kids would grab cans, tie them with a rope, and drag them around to wake up all the neighbors.”
MEDARDO HERNÁNDEZ BALDIRIS: CITIZEN OF CALLE LOMBA
The Calle Lomba that Medardo experienced in his childhood was a blend of economic hardships, unpaved streets, numerous children, stray dogs, boleros, tropical music, and a lively, friendly community. In short, it was happiness amidst the “Caldera del Diablo,” as he affectionately calls his beloved street. He has traveled the world but has never truly left.
CRAB RICE: A TASTE OF GETSEMANÍ
Two cooks named the same live in the neighborhood. One is younger than the other. They not only share a name but also the secret and seasoning of the traditional crab rice, a local specialty. Many neighbors seek them out as the season approaches, claiming that both prepare the best crab rice in the area.
MAESTRO PEDRO BLAS
On the day Pedro Blas disembarked from the merchant ship to spend a few days with his family, he was unaware that his lifelong neighbors were preparing a tribute for him. With items from here and there, they had improvised a stage adorned with sheets and curtains of various colors, borrowed from different homes and fluttering in the delicious evening breeze.
Talking about Arsenal Street necessarily means talking about the port, the docks, the sandbank, the wall, the public market and many other things (...)
A whole book could be written about Larga Street. It has more than four centuries of history and together with Media Luna Street, they were the basis for the layout of the streets of Getsemaní (...)
San Juan Evangelista Street is one of the few that still retains its colonial name. When it was paved around 1967, many items such as weapons and pellets were found during excavation work (...)
A memory in a scent. This is how the older people in the neighborhood remember San Antonio Street: the carts of pellets that left the Imperial Bakery at four in the morning to supply so many places in the city (...)
The name of the street is clear: at the end, near the bay of Las Ánimas, was the waterhole of the Navy (...)
Its full name is Calle Nuestra Señora de las Palmas Benditas because, it is said, its first residents were very devoted to that devotion of the Virgin Mary (...)
It is said that during colonial times, fishermen left their wet flip-flops on the sidewalk to dry in the sun while they worked (...)
Pozo Street has almost as much history as the neighborhood. From its small square, the lancers marched towards the center in 1811 to tip the balance in favor of declaring total independence from Spain (...)
One of the streets with the highest number of residents per square meter, here you can experience neighborhood life like no other (...)
Together with the Angosto alley, they are among the blocks with the most neighborhood life in Getsemaní (...)
What a street like Carretero to be in the heart of Getsemaní! Not only because it leads to the Plaza de la Trinidad, but also because of the neighbors and people who lived there before and who still live there (...)
Little is known about the name. It comes from the Colony and traces point to the region of León, in present-day Spain (...)
The origin of this street dates back to 1603, when the Order of Saint John of God created a hospital called the Holy Spirit, on land adjacent to the current Hermitage of San Roque (...)
Talking about Media Luna Street is placing ourselves in a reference par excellence that the Getsemaní neighborhood has (...)
We must begin by correcting a misunderstanding: it is not Guerrero Street, but Guerrero Street (...)
The presence of the Obra Pía, built between 1640 and 1650, has gravitated around this street. It occupies a good part of the block and its front faces Media Luna Street (...)
This short street has a very long history. From being one of the least valued streets, it became a large neighbourhood centre and now, a commercial and transit hub between the Centre and the rest of Getsemaní (...)
It is one of the few that still maintains a name of Catholic origin, as did almost all the streets and landmarks in cities founded by Spaniards (...)
Both streets have had various names, almost all of them more common or 'formal', so to speak. But those that have survived are the popular ones, which are perhaps signs of a modest origin. (...)
Popularly, it was also called the street of the Goats, because there was always someone who said something or something happened to a neighbor and everyone came out to defend him (...)
There is no consensus on the origin of its name. Sierpe means “snake” in old Spanish and it is one of the few streets that has kept its original name since the Colonial period (...)
On Turtle Street, the houses were attached to the San Anastasio Canal. Its inhabitants placed mangrove stakes with which they kept confined the four species of turtles that the fishermen brought from other places through the Juan Angola Canal (...)
Many people remember that the monument to the Botas Viejas was originally erected there. Today it is the place where pelota de trapo, the traditional sport of the neighbourhood, is played.
The name Plaza de la Trinidad was given to it in 1643, the year in which the church was completed.
Source: (NotiCartagena)
Its design is based on a French-style park; with an almost quadrangular shape, the park is surrounded by a perimeter fence and eight entrances decorated with an arch.
Source: (El Universal Newspaper)
The arrival of the Hotel San Francisco, operated by Four Seasons, allows Getsemaní to open up to luxury tourism, elevating Cartagena's name as a world-class tourist destination.
Source: (Iriante, 2022)
This square was the place where the people gathered to celebrate popular festivals, in which floats were used and the most beautiful girls paraded.
Source: NotiCartagena
The two streets that border Centenario Park between Media Luna and the old San Felipe hotel have many stories to tell. Today they are an avenue and, on the park side, an informal parking lot and a taxi station.(...)
The Cartagena de Indias Convention Center was created as a project by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism in 1978, as a mechanism to generate regional development hubs through the implementation of broad-based activities, such as congresses, events and conventions. It was designed by the firm Esguerra, Sáenz and Samper Ltda. and built by the Cartagena firm Civilco.
Source: Convention Center - Cartagena de Indias
It was the last flank of the neighborhood to be closed. It was so recently that many Getsemaní residents remember it as the baseball and soccer field of their childhood. (...)
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