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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, Jami430, 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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Bronze statues of figures with raised fists and a standing man in a brick-paved plaza in front of yellow and blue painted houses with a mural — Statues in the Plaza de la Trinidad, the social centre of the Getsemaní barrio just outside the old walls, in August 2016.

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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 beach lawn with a group of people in white shirts in the foreground and the white high-rise towers of Bocagrande beyond, under a blue sky with clouds — The beach at Bocagrande, Cartagena, with the high-rise hotels and apartment blocks behind it.

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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 mural of a woman’s face with dark curly hair and red lips painted on the wall of a yellow colonial house in Getsemaní — A mural on a house wall in Getsemaní, Cartagena.

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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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