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Amorielli Vol. 0 · No. 02 · February 2024 Portfolio p. 23

Portfolio · Vol. 0 · No. 02 · February 2024

Cartagena in pictures

8 photographs from the cover story, Cartagena, printed large. Photographs by User:rr, Joe Ross from Lansing, Michigan, Bernard Gagnon, Øyvind Holmstad, from Wikimedia Commons under the licences credited on each image.

The stone ramparts of Cartagena's walled old town at golden hour, with low colonial rooftops and the Caribbean sea beyond. — The seaward ramparts of the Ciudad Amurallada, Cartagena's walled old town.

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A small plaza in the Getsemaní barrio with a pale colonial church, painted low houses and strings of coloured flags overhead. — The Plaza de la Trinidad, the social centre of the Getsemaní barrio just outside the old walls.

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The sloping stone bastions of the Castillo San Felipe de Barajas fortress rising above Cartagena under a bright sky. — The Castillo San Felipe de Barajas, the hilltop fortress that guarded the landward approach to the city.

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A yellow wall features a blue and yellow tiled sign reading 'PLAZA DE LA TRINIDAD', with utility poles and wires visible against a light sky on the left. — A street sign for Plaza de la Trinidad is visible on a yellow wall in the Getsemani neighborhood of Cartagena, Colombia.

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A sandy beach with waves, a line of blue shelters, and a city skyline of white high-rise buildings under a blue sky. A person sits on the sand. — This photograph shows the Beach of Bocagrande, Cartagena, Colombia, featuring a modern city skyline and beach shelters along the shore.

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A street corner in Cartagena with a cream-coloured building featuring two wooden balconies with flowers, and a street extending left with colourful buildings and pedestrians. — This photograph shows a street scene at Plaza Trinidad in the Getsemani neighbourhood of Cartagena, Colombia, with colourful buildings and people.

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A long white wall with yellow trim, a yellow clock tower, and palm trees line a road with distant buildings under a clear blue sky. An anchor is visible near the tower. — The reader is looking at the Arsenal Gate of Cartagena in Spain, a long wall and clock tower with palm trees and a road in the foreground.

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An aerial view of Cartagena city, showing Castle San Felipe de Barajas, modern buildings, roads, and the sea in the background. — This image shows a view of Cartagena and Castle San Felipe de Barajas, as seen from Convent of Santa Cruz de la Popa, Colombia.

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