Sanctuary of Saint Peter Claver, Bolivar Department, Colombia

4.5 (2.854 reviews) Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent < 1 hour Ranking #8 in Bolivar Department Historic Sites • Churches & Cathedrals

Beautiful Church and Museum

Four hundred years ago jesuits established in Cartagena and founded a school and a church in downtown. During the XVII century a father called Pedro Claver dedicated all his life to the protection of the african slaves and became saint 300 hundred years later. To keep alive his legacy, jesuits came back to the city at the end of XIX century and started to collect pieces for a museum that includes precolombian, religious and african caribbean art and, of course, the chamber and other spaces where the saint lived and died. Nowadays it is the museum with the most complete collection of religious art in Colombian coast, and the building preserves the spirit of Claver, the spirit of Human Rights.
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Address

Carrera 4 30 01, Cartagena 130002 Colombia

Mobile

+57 5 6600774

Website

http://www.sanpedroclaver.co

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Saturday, May 04, 2024, 16:49

User Ratings

4.5 based on (2.854 reviews)

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5ERIC W 5:00 PM Jan 30, 2020
Beautifully kept
It’s an $8 per person entry fee and well worth the price. I never mind paying a small fee to help preserve old architecture and historical sites. Nice grounds and museum. Entry to the church included as well
4Larry T 5:00 PM Mar 15, 2020
Holy Ground
This beautiful church was built between 1580 - 1654 by the Jesuits. Some consider the facade the richest and most monumental of Cartagena. We entered on the museum side into the beautiful, large courtyard that contained trees and plants. Shady and cool here. To one side of the courtyard is the museum. Our tour did not allow us time to fully enjoy all the artifacts and paintings that were included here. On the other side of the courtyard was the church. It is a large church. No Mass was being celebrated so we were able to walk around and even go up to the altar. The altar is carved from Italian marble. The remains of St. Peter Claver lie behind glass at the base of the altar. You can see and even photo if you wish. Since the remains are robed you only see the skull. As we left the church two nuns were taking free will offerings. Would much rather give to them than all the street hustlers. There was no direct fee for us as this was a stop on our Princess Cartagena excursion.