About this place
Plaza San Nicolás is Barranquilla's founding square, the place where Colombia's national anthem was sung for the first time in 1886. It's flanked by the Iglesia de San Nicolás de Tolentino, the city's oldest church, built in 1796. Surrounded by Republican-era architecture, tropical fruit vendors, and the bustle of the historic downtown, it's the ideal starting point for exploring Barranquilla at its most authentic.
