Category Archives: R. Doug Wicker

Last Monday in photos from the bastion I showed you a pink dome in the distance. Today I shall reveal what that was. It’s the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria. We’ll just shorten that to Cartagena Cathedral, like everyone else does. Construction began in 1575 and was completed 37 years later. This beautifully ornate pink and yellow tower looks great from the front:

But it is equally impressive from the south wall as well:

I only had a brief moment inside to photograph the wood altar and vaulted beamed ceiling, as my tour was hoofing it off in another direction:

My fault, as I had also wasted a few moments to snag this shot of colorful art being hawked directly across the street:

Much of the tour I spent photographing balconies, doors, windows, and domed towers, as you’ll see in today’s photo gallery/slide show:

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We still have much to see and do here in Cartagena, so I’ll be showing you the sights both this week and next. But I’m going to depart from the usual and just jump around, mixing and matching photos as the mood strikes me. It’ll almost be like two weeks of consecutive Fun Photo Fridays, only with more text among the photos. If you like this little experiment, or if you don’t, just let me know. Before we go traipsing around Cartagena, though, let’s take two last looks at the bastion, including a little café that calls these fortified walls its home:

Among Columbia’s most celebrated artists is, of course, Fernando Botero. His signature style is tinged with both political and social satire. His figures invariably show people of ample proportions, such as this young lady on Plaza de Santo Domingo:

Let’s skip over to Plaza de los Coches (Car Square) for a view of the monument to the founder of Cartagena, conquistador Pedro de Heredia.

Now let’s just cruise around on foot and take in the sights:

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