Catedral de San Pedro Claver

For almost forty years, this Jesuit Priest worked in Cartagena de Indias, defending, protecting and nursing newly arrived African slaves. In the Americas they would cultivate the open country, work in the mines, and serve as personal attendants.

The Cloister where Pedro Claver lived and died has become a special place of silence, and reflection-a shrine to the life's work of this extraordinary man. Here, visitors will find examples of Pre Colombian ceramics, and an extensive museum rich with objects of religious art. Many of the period paintings and sculptures were done by Spanish and American artists of the 17th. Century. Adjoining the Monastery is the beautiful baroque church, designed by German and Dutch architects. Here, at the high alter, within a glass encasement, are the remains of Saint Pedro Claver-slave to the slaves