REAL PLACES · ILLUSTRATED IDEAS

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Photography of Medellín and its municipalities, project visualizations and editorial illustrations. Explore the sources of each collection here.

Photography of real places

Authentic regional landscapes with authorship and licence information.

Real panoramic view of Medellín and the Aburrá Valley, with golden light over the mountains and buildings.

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Medellín at golden hour

Santiago Molina

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Neighbourhoods and buildings in Medellín surrounded by mountains beneath a cloudy sky.

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Medellín city and mountain landscape

Jose Figueroa

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Medellín city lights at dusk, seen from El Poblado.

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Medellín at dusk from El Poblado

Joel Duncan

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Real aerial view of mountains, farms and fields in rural El Retiro, Antioquia.

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Zona rural del municipio de El Retiro en el Oriente Antioqueño

Felipe Restrepo Acosta

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Green hills and cows in a real rural landscape in Marinilla, Antioquia.

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Green hills under a cloudy sky in Marinilla

Jhonny Estrada

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Real view of Guarne and its surrounding fields and green hills in Antioquia.

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Guarne Antioquia

Jukahogo

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View from a hillside towards fields and farms in rural Rionegro.

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Walk in the mountains, Rionegro, Colombia

Barbara (Barbaridad)

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Forests in Parque Arví seen from Medellín’s tourist cable car.

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Metrocable del Parque Arví, Medellín

Alejandro Rojas (SajoR)

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La Iguaná stream in San Cristóbal, photographed in 2009, shown for geographic context.

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La Iguaná, San Cristóbal — 24 January 2009

XalD

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Original asset unchanged. Historical photograph dated 24 January 2009; does not depict the October 2026 emergency. Attribution does not imply endorsement.