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Cartagena’s San Felipe Castle to be illuminated in bid to attract visitors and investment

From El Tiempo · () Spanish

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  • Cartagena and Colombia’s Culture Ministry agreed on a plan to expand the city’s heritage and tourism offerings into the night.
  • The project includes new architectural lighting for San Felipe de Barajas Castle and technical work on dozens of other historic monuments.
  • The government will sign, after 19 years of delays, a resolution implementing the city’s urban heritage management and protection plan.

Cartagena’s San Felipe de Barajas Castle is set for a major lighting project designed to bring more visitors to the historic monument and generate economic activity for the city and the country.

Mayor Dumek Turbay and Culture Minister Paola Holguín Moreno agreed on a joint roadmap to reshape Cartagena’s nighttime heritage experience. The plans include comprehensive lighting for the castle and technical interventions at dozens of emblematic monuments across the city.

The national government will also sign a resolution implementing the Special Management and Protection Plan for Cartagena’s urban heritage. The instrument has spent 19 years moving through administrative procedures, creating prolonged uncertainty over the city’s historic center.

Culture and heritage have meaning when they translate into well-being and opportunities for citizens.

· Paola Holguín MorenoThe culture minister linked the heritage projects to benefits for Cartagena’s residents.

Holguín said culture and heritage have meaning when they create well-being and opportunities for citizens. Turbay described Cartagena as Colombia’s main showcase to the world and said the projects would bring tourists to the city and stimulate the economy.

The castle’s architectural lighting will use modern technology to highlight its walls and bastions without damaging the historic masonry. The district said it has secured funding for the installation, which is completing its technical viability review before the Culture Ministry’s heritage committee.

Cartagena is our great showcase to the world, and with these works, thousands of tourists will come to enjoy it and boost our economy.

· Dumek Turbay PazThe mayor presented the projects as both a tourism initiative and an economic opportunity.
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Originally published by El Tiempo in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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