How to Tell Which is a Witch
La mesa de la bruja
While living in a new place its important to learn more about the local culture and history. For this museums are just great, and Cartagena offers several beautiful buildings outfitted with a variety of historical artifacts and relevant information. Recently, we visited the Palace of the Inquisition which is considered one the most significant constructinos of civil architecture in Colombia. Built around 1770 this building was the center for the Spanish Inquisition in Cartagena, where witches, heretics, and other ‘sinners’ met the infamous torture devices hidden away in the dungeoun cellars. Over 600 of the accused met their end inside those walls. Today it is a museum with some of the torture devices on display, and the building itself is an amazing piece of work but knowing what happened there gives you a bit of a chill.
Palace of the Inquisition, Cartagena
No One Escapes the Spanish Inquisition
Interior courtyard of the palace
So during their reign of terror the Spanish Inquisition used a variety of twisted and sadistic tools to convert protestants, slaughter indigenious indians, and interrogate witches about the details of their craft.
As you will see from the following photos, they were some pretty sick bastards.
The twisted things people do for politics and religion.
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