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Old Shoes Monument

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Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
Old Shoes Monument
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Behind San Felipe de Barajas Castle, Cartagena, Colombia

Isla de Providencia or Old Providence is a mountainous Caribbean island part of the Colombian department of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina and the municipality of Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands, lying midway between Costa Rica and Jamaica. Providencia's maximum elevation is 360 m above sea level. The smaller Santa Catalina Island to the northwest is connected by a 100-metre footbridge to its larger sister Providencia Island. The two islands cover an area of 22 sq km and form the municipality of Santa Isabel, which had a population of 4,927 at the Census of 2005. The island is served by El Embrujo Airport, which the Colombian Government plans to expand in order to take international flights. The island was the site of an English Puritan colony established in 1629 by the Providence Island Company, and was briefly taken by Spain in 1641. The pirate Henry Morgan used Providencia as a base for raiding the Spanish empire, and rumours suggest that much of his treasure remains hidden on the island. Many parts of the island are named after Morgan. Forts and cannons dating back hundreds of years can be found scattered all over Santa Catalina Island.
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