The problem is that the route of the images is not finding it and the images are what gives the height and width to the carousel, example:
Carousel true and accurate copy of Bootstrap:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-MCw98/SFnGE8fJT3GXwEOngsV7Zt27NXFoaoApmYm81iuXoPkFOJwJ8ERdknLPMO" crossorigin="anonymous">
<div id="carouselExampleControls" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel">
<div class="carousel-inner">
<div class="carousel-item active">
<img class="d-block w-100" src=".../800x400?auto=yes&bg=777&fg=555&text=First slide" alt="First slide">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img class="d-block w-100" src=".../800x400?auto=yes&bg=666&fg=444&text=Second slide" alt="Second slide">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img class="d-block w-100" src=".../800x400?auto=yes&bg=555&fg=333&text=Third slide" alt="Third slide">
</div>
</div>
<a class="carousel-control-prev" href="#carouselExampleControls" role="button" data-slide="prev">
<span class="carousel-control-prev-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
</a>
<a class="carousel-control-next" href="#carouselExampleControls" role="button" data-slide="next">
<span class="carousel-control-next-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Next</span>
</a>
</div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-q8i/X+965DzO0rT7abK41JStQIAqVgRVzpbzo5smXKp4YfRvH+8abtTE1Pi6jizo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
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Carousel of Bootstrap finding the images:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-MCw98/SFnGE8fJT3GXwEOngsV7Zt27NXFoaoApmYm81iuXoPkFOJwJ8ERdknLPMO" crossorigin="anonymous">
<div id="carouselExampleControls" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel">
<div class="carousel-inner">
<div class="carousel-item active">
<img class="d-block w-100" src='data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,%3Csvg width%3D"800" height%3D"400" xmlns%3D"http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg" viewBox%3D"0 0 800 400" preserveAspectRatio%3D"none"%3E%3Cdefs%3E%3Cstyle type%3D"text%2Fcss"%3E%23holder_1666e54fff8 text %7B fill%3A%23555%3Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3Bfont-family%3AHelvetica%2C monospace%3Bfont-size%3A40pt %7D %3C%2Fstyle%3E%3C%2Fdefs%3E%3Cg id%3D"holder_1666e54fff8"%3E%3Crect width%3D"800" height%3D"400" fill%3D"%23777"%3E%3C%2Frect%3E%3Cg%3E%3Ctext x%3D"285.9000015258789" y%3D"217.7"%3EFirst slide%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E' alt="First slide">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img class="d-block w-100" src='data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,%3Csvg width%3D"800" height%3D"400" xmlns%3D"http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg" viewBox%3D"0 0 800 400" preserveAspectRatio%3D"none"%3E%3Cdefs%3E%3Cstyle type%3D"text%2Fcss"%3E%23holder_1666e54fffa text %7B fill%3A%23444%3Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3Bfont-family%3AHelvetica%2C monospace%3Bfont-size%3A40pt %7D %3C%2Fstyle%3E%3C%2Fdefs%3E%3Cg id%3D"holder_1666e54fffa"%3E%3Crect width%3D"800" height%3D"400" fill%3D"%23666"%3E%3C%2Frect%3E%3Cg%3E%3Ctext x%3D"247.2916717529297" y%3D"217.7"%3ESecond slide%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E' alt="Second slide">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img class="d-block w-100" src='data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,%3Csvg width%3D"800" height%3D"400" xmlns%3D"http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg" viewBox%3D"0 0 800 400" preserveAspectRatio%3D"none"%3E%3Cdefs%3E%3Cstyle type%3D"text%2Fcss"%3E%23holder_1666e54fffa text %7B fill%3A%23333%3Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3Bfont-family%3AHelvetica%2C monospace%3Bfont-size%3A40pt %7D %3C%2Fstyle%3E%3C%2Fdefs%3E%3Cg id%3D"holder_1666e54fffa"%3E%3Crect width%3D"800" height%3D"400" fill%3D"%23555"%3E%3C%2Frect%3E%3Cg%3E%3Ctext x%3D"276.9749984741211" y%3D"217.7"%3EThird slide%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E' alt="Third slide">
</div>
</div>
<a class="carousel-control-prev" href="#carouselExampleControls" role="button" data-slide="prev">
<span class="carousel-control-prev-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
</a>
<a class="carousel-control-next" href="#carouselExampleControls" role="button" data-slide="next">
<span class="carousel-control-next-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Next</span>
</a>
</div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-q8i/X+965DzO0rT7abK41JStQIAqVgRVzpbzo5smXKp4YfRvH+8abtTE1Pi6jizo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.3/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-ZMP7rVo3mIykV+2+9J3UJ46jBk0WLaUAdn689aCwoqbBJiSnjAK/l8WvCWPIPm49" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
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The gray background is not a background are images. Now if you want a carousel with only DIVs you can give them a height and a width to emulate the space of the images like this:
.carousel-item{
border:1px solid red;
height:300px;
line-height:300px;
text-align:center;
}
.carousel-item:nth-child(1){
background-color:grey;
}
.carousel-item:nth-child(2){
background-color:orange;
}
.carousel-item:nth-child(3){
background-color:black;
color:white;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-MCw98/SFnGE8fJT3GXwEOngsV7Zt27NXFoaoApmYm81iuXoPkFOJwJ8ERdknLPMO" crossorigin="anonymous">
<div id="carouselExampleControls" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel">
<div class="carousel-inner">
<div class="carousel-item active">First slide</div>
<div class="carousel-item">Second slide</div>
<div class="carousel-item">Third slide</div>
</div>
<a class="carousel-control-prev" href="#carouselExampleControls" role="button" data-slide="prev">
<span class="carousel-control-prev-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
</a>
<a class="carousel-control-next" href="#carouselExampleControls" role="button" data-slide="next">
<span class="carousel-control-next-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Next</span>
</a>
</div>
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