Culture in Santa Marta

Santa Marta’s most important cultural sites. Museums, colonial architecture and monuments telling the city’s history.

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Important collection of pre-Columbian goldwork from the Tairona culture. Gold, pottery and ancestral textile pieces.

18th-century colonial building housing contemporary art exhibits and cultural events.

18th-century cathedral basilica, one of the oldest in the Americas. Neoclassical architecture and religious treasures.

Historic estate where Simón Bolívar died. Museums, botanical gardens and restored colonial architecture.

Calles empedradas, balcones coloniales y plazas icónicas. Recorrido peatonal por la historia de la ciudad.

Restored historic theater with plays, concerts and cultural events year-round.

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