FANTASTIC CARTAGENA , ESSENTIAL OLD CITY AND WALLS TOUR #2
TOP COLOMBIA TIPS Essential Cartagena. “Old city and walls tour” Chapter 2 By: Néstor Meléndez Soler https://www.gpsmycity.com/gps-tour-guides/cartagena-5045.html · LA INDIA CATALINA: T he statue of La India Catalina is one of the top landmarks In Cartagena de Indias. It is a representation of a very important aborigine woman in the history of this city. The statue was created and sculpted in 1961 by the city artist Hector Lombana, who designed it as a handheld trophy , requested by the organizers to be the prize award for the International Movie festival of Cartagena . In 1974, it was casted in bronze by Eladio Gil, and that is the feminine figure you can now see over the pedestal. The winners of the now movie and television festival keep on being awarded with the small version as the prize for every category. As an analogy, it can be said that the...