Cartagena Casa Cervantes
The Calle Mayor is the principal artery of social life in the old quarter.
Modernism is present in every doorway in every window in every building
alonf the pedestrian area that middle of the Calle Mayor the Casino
an emblematic mid century institution evokes all the splendour and decadence
of the golden years. A little further along is the Gran Bar full of
more evocative memories.
The Casa Cervantes and Casa Llagostera with its peculiar tuled façade
depinting allegoric images of Mercury and Minerva in full modernist
swing.
Parallel to Calle Mayor calle del Aire where we find the church of
Santa Maria de Gracia with its unfinished façade host to the
images by Salzillo of the four local Saints and tronos commence their
processions here. Still further on is the Gran Hotel a tall large modernist
building with overelaborate external ornamentations full of floral motifs
and luxurious balconies. We find the remains of a Roman colonnade beside
the junction between the Puertas de Murcia the old entrance to the medieval
city and calle Moreria Baja.
Things to do in Cartagena:
Casa Cervantes - Festivities
- Gastronomy - Location
- Monuments - Museums
-
Passage of Casa Conesa
- Roman Achropolis - The
Roman Theatre
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