Plaza de Santo Domingo through time

Cartagena 1910–2025 8 photos of this spot

8 photographs taken at the same spot in Cartagena, spanning 1910–2025 — 2 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Stone ruins, possibly ancient graves, stand amid palm trees near Cartagena, Colombia, in this photograph recorded here under the year 1910, though catalog notes suggest a date anywhere from about 1905 to 1920.

EU: Cartagena, Colombia: ruins of stone structures (graves ?) surrounded by palm trees. Photograph, 1905/1920 (?). (1910) 1910 Stone ruins, possibly ancient graves, stand amid palm trees near Cartagena, Colombia, in this photograph recorded here under the year 1910, though catalog notes suggest a date anywhere from about 1905 to 1920.

EU: Cartagena, Colombia: a large stone building used for the market, next to a wooden house. Photograph, 1910/1920 (?). (1915) 1915 A large stone building used as a marketplace, standing beside a wooden house in Cartagena, Colombia, photographed around 1915. The Caribbean port city retained much of its colonial-era architecture into the early 20th century.

Cartagena, Calle colonial 2007 A colonial-era street inside the walled city of Cartagena, Colombia, a Caribbean port whose historic center was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.

Santo Domingo square from the Iglesia Santo Domingo 2010 This 2010 photograph looks over Santo Domingo square from the Iglesia Santo Domingo, within the walled colonial city of Cartagena, Colombia.

Plaza de Santo Domingo 2011 Plaza de Santo Domingo, one of the main squares of the walled city of Cartagena, Colombia, is shown in this 2011 photograph.

Plaza Santo Domingo, Cartagena 2020 Plaza Santo Domingo, photographed in 2020, is one of the principal squares of Cartagena's historic walled city in Colombia, named for the nearby Santo Domingo Church, one of the oldest churches in the city.

Colombia, Cartagena, Convento de Santo Domingo 2025 The Convento de Santo Domingo in Cartagena, Colombia, a colonial-era convent within the city's historic walled district, one of the best-preserved fortified port cities in the Americas. Photographed in 2025.

Colombia, Cartagena, Sector Antiguo, Plaza de Santo Domingo 2025 Plaza de Santo Domingo, a square within Cartagena's Sector Antiguo, Colombia's historic walled port district and one of the best-preserved examples of Spanish colonial military architecture in the Americas. Photographed in 2025.