Day 653
Knockers
When we plan our routes we use many sources to help not only where we will ride but also where we will stop. Tom turns again and again to the wonderful website Atlas Obscura (after a tip-off from Tam Naylor). It is a fantastic source of information from magnificent scenery, beautiful architecture, the weird, the inspiring, and also well, knockers! In Cartagena many of the colonial buildings have retained their beautiful wooden doors and many of them have a magnificent knocker. They were chosen to display the profession or status of the house owner, after the saying ‘A tal casa tal aldaba’ (To such a house such a knocker).
