Skyscrapers Over City through time

Cartagena 1905–2016 26 photos of this spot

26 photographs taken at the same spot in Cartagena, spanning 1905–2016 — 16 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Stone ruins, possibly graves, surrounded by palm trees near Cartagena, Colombia, photographed in 1905. Cartagena was founded by the Spanish in 1533 and grew into one of the principal ports of the Spanish Main.

EU: Cartagena, Colombia: ruins of stone structures (graves?) surrounded by palm trees (1905) 1905 Stone ruins, possibly graves, surrounded by palm trees near Cartagena, Colombia, photographed in 1905. Cartagena was founded by the Spanish in 1533 and grew into one of the principal ports of the Spanish Main.

EU: Cartagena, Colombia: ruins of stone structures (graves ?) surrounded by palm trees (1905) 1905 Ruins of stone structures, possibly graves, surrounded by palm trees near Cartagena, Colombia, photographed in 1905.

EU: Cartagena, Colombia: ruins of stone structures (graves ?) surrounded by palm trees. Photograph, 1905/1920 (?). (1905) 1905 Photographed around 1905 near Cartagena, Colombia, this image shows stone ruins, possibly tombs, standing among palm trees outside the historic walled city on the Caribbean coast.

EU: Cartagena, Colombia - ruins of stone structures surrounded by palm trees (1905/1920) 1910 Ruins of stone structures surrounded by palm trees near Cartagena, Colombia, photographed in the early 20th century.

EU: Cartagena, Colombia: ruins of stone structures (graves) surrounded by palm trees (1910) 1910 Stone ruins, identified as graves, surrounded by palm trees near Cartagena, Colombia, photographed in 1910.

EU: Cartagena, Colombia: a large stone building used for the market, next to a wooden house (1910) 1910 A large stone market building beside a wooden house in Cartagena, Colombia, photographed in 1910.

EU: Cartagena, Colombia: a large stone building used for the market, next to a wooden house. Photograph, 1910/1920 (?). (1910) 1910 A large stone building used as a public market stands beside a smaller wooden house in this photograph of Cartagena, Colombia, dated to around 1910-1920. Cartagena's colonial core was a major Caribbean trading port, and its markets served the surrounding walled city.

EU: Old fort at the entrance to Cartagena (1912) 1912 A fortification guarding the harbor entrance of Cartagena, Colombia, photographed in 1912. The city's colonial-era defenses were built to protect one of Spain's most important Caribbean ports from raids and sieges.

EU: Cartagena, Colombia - large stone building used for the market (1910/1920) 1915 A large stone building serving as the market stands in Cartagena, Colombia, part of the walled colonial port city's historic commercial architecture that has served traders for generations.

EU: Cartagena, Colombia: a large stone building used for the market (1915) 1915 Market building in Cartagena, Colombia, a stone structure within the fortified colonial city that served as a hub for local trade in the early twentieth century, near the historic port that once shipped goods across the Caribbean.

EU: Harbour and market halls in Cartagena, Colombia (1936) 1936 The harbour and market halls of Cartagena, Colombia, photographed in 1936. The waterfront area served as a center of commerce for the historic Caribbean port city, whose colonial fortifications date back to the sixteenth century.

EU: Katedral, Cartagena de Indias, photograph (1947) 1947 The cathedral of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, photographed in 1947. Construction on the fortified colonial city's cathedral began in the late 16th century and it remains a landmark of the walled old town.

EU: Katedral, Cartagena (1947) 1947 The cathedral tower at Cartagena, Colombia, seen in 1947. Cartagena's colonial cathedral was repeatedly damaged by pirate raids and rebuilt over the following centuries.

EU: Cathedral of Cartagena, tower and facade (1947) 1947 The tower and facade of Cartagena's cathedral, photographed in 1947, showing the sturdy stone construction that helped the building withstand both weather and past assaults on the fortified port city.

EU: Cathedral, Cartagena (1947) 1947 A further view of Cartagena's colonial-era cathedral, taken in 1947, showing one of the defining landmarks of the walled city on Colombia's Caribbean coast, founded by the Spanish in the 16th century.

EU: Katedral, fotografi, photograph (1947) 1947 The cathedral of Cartagena, Colombia, photographed in 1947. Cartagena's walled colonial center dates to the sixteenth century, when the city was founded as a major Spanish Caribbean port.

A Colorful Side Street View Cartagena Postcards 2016 A brightly painted side street in the walled city of Cartagena, Colombia, known for its colonial architecture. Photographed in 2016.

Colonial Postcard Colonial Street I 2016 A colonial-era street in Cartagena, Colombia's walled Old City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its Spanish colonial architecture and colourful balconied facades.

Colonial Postcards Alley Towards The Church 2016 An alleyway leading toward a church in Cartagena's Old City, Colombia, where narrow colonial streets converge on the district's plazas and churches.

In The Morning Cartagena Postcard 2016 Morning light falls over a street in Cartagena, Colombia's historic walled centre, captured in 2016; the district's colonial architecture is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Skyscrapers Over City (Cartagena skyline at dusk) 2016 The modern skyline of Cartagena, Colombia at dusk, where the high-rise towers of Bocagrande rise beyond the low rooftops of the colonial Old City.

A Colorful Side Street View Cartagena Postcards 2016 A brightly painted side street in Cartagena, Colombia's walled Old City, photographed in 2016. Colourful facades are a hallmark of the district's Spanish colonial architecture.

Colonial Postcard Colonial Street I 2016 Another view down a colonial street in Cartagena's historic walled city, Colombia, photographed in 2016.

Colonial Postcards Alley Towards The Church 2016 A narrow alley in Cartagena, Colombia opens toward one of the Old City's colonial churches, photographed in 2016.

In The Morning Cartagena Postcard 2016 Cartagena, Colombia's colonial Old City in the early morning, photographed in 2016. The walled district dates largely from Spanish colonial rule and is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Skyscrapers Over City 2016 Cartagena's contemporary skyline at dusk in 2016, contrasting with the colonial architecture of the city's historic walled core.