Museum of Cartagena de Indias
Colonial Inquisition tribunal palace turned museum of witchcraft trials, torture relics, and city history.
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This guide to the Museum of Cartagena de Indias follows Paula de Eguiluz, a freed healer put on trial by the Inquisition tribunal housed on this site starting in 1624, accused of witchcraft for the cures she offered. You'll hear how she was hauled back before the court not once but three times over the following years, and how Cartagena's tribunal became the busiest venue for witchcraft trials anywhere in the Americas. Look for the replica gallows and the handful of surviving iron instruments in the courtyard as you listen.
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