It was the main gate to enter the walled city, built at the beginning of the XVIII Century by Engineer Juan de Herrera y Sotomayor. At those times it was called the Bridge Gate, due to the one that jointed this area with the Getsemani Suburb. In 1888 the republican style tower was added, as it stands today, by the native architect Luis Felipe Jaspe to hold the four sided clock, and thus, naming the spot as it is known today and that has become the symbol of Cartagena.