Essential Cartagena. Old City and Walls Tour, Cartagena, Colombia
The statue of聽La India Catalina is one of the top landmarks In Cartagenade Indias. It is a representation of a very important聽aborigine woman聽in the history of this city.
The statue was created and sculpted in 1961 by the city artist聽Hector Lombana, who designed it as a handheld trophy, requested by the organizers to be the prize award for the聽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聽the India Catalina is like the Oscar for the Colombian audiovisual industry.
The real India Catalina was an aborigine from this area that was abducted as a child girl by the Spaniards. Then she was taken to Santo Domingo in the actual Dominican Republic, where she was raised in the European culture.
There she learned the Spanish language, the Catholicism and grew up into a young lady. When the conquistador Pedro de Heredia, was sent on a mission to explore the surroundings of this area, he brought with the expedition聽the beautiful Catalina to act as an interpreter with the aborigines聽of the zone. She knew the tribes, both languages and was of great help for the expeditionary force as she also knew the territory. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
The statue was created and sculpted in 1961 by the city artist聽Hector Lombana, who designed it as a handheld trophy, requested by the organizers to be the prize award for the聽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聽the India Catalina is like the Oscar for the Colombian audiovisual industry.
The real India Catalina was an aborigine from this area that was abducted as a child girl by the Spaniards. Then she was taken to Santo Domingo in the actual Dominican Republic, where she was raised in the European culture.
There she learned the Spanish language, the Catholicism and grew up into a young lady. When the conquistador Pedro de Heredia, was sent on a mission to explore the surroundings of this area, he brought with the expedition聽the beautiful Catalina to act as an interpreter with the aborigines聽of the zone. She knew the tribes, both languages and was of great help for the expeditionary force as she also knew the territory. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Essential Cartagena. Old City and Walls Tour
Guide Location: Colombia » Cartagena
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Nestor Melendez Soler
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Guide Location: Colombia » Cartagena
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Nestor Melendez Soler
Read it on Author's Website:
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- India Catalina
- Baluarte de San Pedro Martir
- La Tenaza
- Las Bovedas
- Hotel Santa Clara
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez Residence
- Teatro Adolfo Mejia
- Plaza de Santo Domingo
- Church of Santo Domingo
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