The building dates to around 1750, when it went up as a casa alta, a tall colonial house typical of Cartagena’s walled Old Town, on a block that appears on the earliest known maps of the city. Its first documented owner was Jean D’Anglade, a French merchant married to Rosa Guerra, recorded in the late 18th century. The house sits between Plaza de Bolivar and Plaza de la Aduana, the city’s two oldest squares, a block from the Governor’s Palace and the Cathedral.
A 2007 restoration turned the house into an eight-room boutique hotel, with archaeological finds from the property now on display in its library. Each guest room is themed to a different chapter of Cartagena’s history, from the Spanish conquest to independence. It remains one of the oldest residential structures still standing inside the walled city.