Alquimico
Colonial mansion turned three-floor cocktail bar, each level built around its own spirit and story.
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This guide to Alquimico in Cartagena starts with the ironwork on its balcony, made by Gaston Lelarge, an architect who stepped off a boat here in December 1920 fleeing unpaid debts, political enemies and a ruined reputation in Bogota. It traces his earlier career assisting Charles Garnier on the Paris Opera and designing the dome of the church of San Pedro Claver, and follows him into this mansion, one of his commissions during his second act in the city. Look up at the curling ironwork above the door as you step in.
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