Plaza de la Trinidad
Colonial plaza where armed artisans forced a colonial council to declare independence.
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This guide to Plaza de la Trinidad in Cartagena's Getsemani neighborhood opens on the night of November 11, 1811, when the free Black and mixed-race artisans of the district ran out of patience with a colonial council still arguing over independence. It follows blacksmith Pedro Romero and his militia, the Lanceros, as they seized the forts ringing this side of the city and turned the Spanish king's own cannons away from the sea. Look for Romero remembered today in bronze on the corner, flanked by a priest and a drummer boy, near the whitewashed church that gives the square its name.
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