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Old Boots

Cartagena de Indias, Italy

Old Boots

Old Shoes (Spanish: Zapatos viejos) is a sculpture located in Cartagena, Colombia, also known as Old Boots (Spanish: Botas viejas). It was created in honour of Colombian poet Luis Carlos López, who in his poem A mi ciudad nativa (To My Native City) evoked the affection he felt for his hometown, Cart

agena, by comparing it to a pair of old shoes.

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