Palace of the Inquisition (Palacio de la Inquisición), Cartagena

The Palace of the Inquisition in Cartagena is an eighteenth‑century building completed in 1770 that historically served as the seat of the Holy Office (the Inquisition) in Cartagena. It currently houses the Museo Histórico de Cartagena, which presents exhibits on the city's colonial and republican past and on the operation of the Holy Office locally, including materials on trials, imprisonment and autos‑de‑fé. The museum displays alleged Inquisition torture devices; the available sources note that many of these appear to be modern replicas or generic reconstructions and that there is little direct evidence they were actually used by the tribunal in Cartagena. The building thus functions both as a preserved colonial institutional structure and as a focal point for public memory and interpretation of the region's judicial and religious history.