Full length front view of the marble statue of Saint Catherine from the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Municipal_Archaeological_Museum_of_Cartagena" title="Category:Municipal Archaeological Museum of Cartagena">Municipal Archaeological Museum of Cartagena</a>. The sculpture shows <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Catherine_of_Alexandria" class="extiw" title="w:en:Catherine of Alexandria">Catherine of Alexandria</a> holding a series of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Saint_symbolism" class="extiw" title="w:en:Saint symbolism">attributes</a> including the crown, the sword, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Palm_branch#Christianity" class="extiw" title="w:en:Palm branch">palm of martyrdom</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Breaking_wheel" class="extiw" title="w:en:Breaking wheel">breaking wheel</a>, while trampling the crowned head of the Roman emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Maxentius" class="extiw" title="w:en:Maxentius">Maxentius</a>.<br>
The statue, dating from the 16th century, was originally part of the architectural complex that made up the old Fountain of Saint Catherine, in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Plaza_del_Ayuntamiento,_Cartagena" title="Category:Plaza del Ayuntamiento, Cartagena">Plaza del Ayuntamiento</a>.
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