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BOGOTA ALL OF COLOMBIA IN ONE CITY |
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Medellín, also called Capital de la Montaña (Capital of the Mountain), was founded in 1675 by Francisco Herrera Campuzano. It is the second most important city in Colombia on account of its industrial and trade activity. Due to the design and production of textiles, it is considered the fashion center of the country.
Extension: 382 km²
Population: 2.300.000
Temperature: 24 ° C
The city is presumed to be one of the most modern cities in Latin America thanks to its innovative buildings, impressive infrastructure shopping malls, and night life spots where the beauty of its women can be appreciated. Medellín is a vibrant city, with friendly and hard-working people, that offers an active cultural life focused on its museums, theaters, art galleries, and its Botanical Garden, one of the most complete in the country. |
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In the evening, amidst couplets and tangos, the paisas (name given to the people of the Department of Antioquia) share their cheerfulness while partaking aguardiente, their popular drink. The surroundings of Medellín are ideal for a relaxing day. Tourists will encounter picturesque villages surrounded by lovely scenery, old haciendas that preserve the region’s architecture, and roadside eateries where the best of Antioquean cooking is offered.
Its excellent 24°C weather make Medellín the City of Flowers or City of Eternal Spring |
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| The Flowers Fair in Medellín |
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The Capital of the Mountain dresses up with flowers between the 1st and the 9th of August, when hundreds of peasants come down from nearby mountains, each with a silleta (a chair-like structure) on their back, filled with beautiful flower arrangements whose design and color are true works of art, and turn the streets of Medellín into rivers of flowers during their most important event of the year |
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| PLACES NOT TO BE MISSED |
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Museo de Antioquia / Plazoleta Botero: The Museo de Zea was founded in 1881 when Medellín had only 50,000 inhabitants. It was the first museum in Antioquia, the second in Colombia, and one of the first in South America to have an art hall. Since 1978, and at the request of painter Fernando Botero, its name was changed to Museo de Antioquia. The museum moved to new quarters and its 8,000 piece collection was enlarged with works of Fernando Botero |
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Botanical Garden: an ecological refuge par excellence, it is also a research center and a shelter for Colombian fauna and flora. In 1978, upon the occasion of the World Orchid Conference, its name was changed to Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe, in memory of the naturalist from the town of Sonsón |
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El Castillo Museum: it was built in 1930 in the medieval Gothic Style. Its doors were opened to the public in 1972. It prides itself on French-style gardens, exhibition rooms, a library, and a concert hall for 250 people. There are permanent exhibits of crystal and porcelain objects, stained glass, Gobelins, paintings, and sculptures. |
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Miguel Ángel Builes Ethnographical Museum: it was designed in the seventies by architects Laureano Forero, Luz Elena de Forero, Francisco Bayter, and Octavio Upegui. A small plaza serves as access to the museum, which displays models of indigenous housing at the rear of the building. At the upper levels and connected by a central space, the exhibition rooms and an auditorium can be found. |
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Nutibara Hill and Pueblito Paisa: Nutibara is the best known and visited of Medellín’s hills. Its summit, 80 meters above the level of the city, commands a magnificent panorama of the Aburrá Valley. It is the site of Pueblito Paisa, a replica of an old-time village with its church, presbytery, school, pharmacy, barbershop, café, shops, and the typical plaza with a stone fountain. The hill possesses privileged features as a natural park within the city limits
The Veracruz Hermitage, the Cathedral Basilica, and the Metropolitan Cathedral are well worth a visit. Walks in Bolivar Park and Berrío Park are also worthwhile |
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Rionegro is a small municipality located east of Medellín. Its main attractions are the main plaza, the Casa de la Convención (House of the Convention, where the Colombian Constitution of 1863 was approved), and the Cathedral |
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La Piedra del Peñol (the Peñol Rock) is located near de Guatapé dam and is another good spot for the practice of nautical sports. It is a huge rock, 200 meters high, with a diameter of 700 meters. A winding staircase makes it possible to ascend to the top. |
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Carmen de Viboral is a municipality known for its hand-made pottery decorated by members of families who have passed on the tradition from one generation to the next. |
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Santafé de Antioquia, located 75 kilometers from Medellín, is considered one of the most beautiful colonial towns of the Department of Antioquia. Visits to the Cathedral, the quarters of the Town Council (also called Casa Negra [black house]), the Ermita, and the town museum should not be missed |
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| Medellín – Seat of the 13th Congress of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language: March 21 -24 |
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Some 100 scholars of the Spanish language will attend, as well as the rectors of about 100 universities and the representatives of the Royal Spanish Academy and the 21 academies that make up the Assoociation of Academies |
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This congress will officially approve the basic text of the Nueva Gramática de la Lengua Española (new grammar of the Spanish language). Additionally, the Instituto Cervantes and the rectors of Spanish and Hispanic American universities will present the International Certificate of Spaniish as a Foreign Language.
The event will be attended by the Honorary President of International Congresses of the Spanish Language, Don Juan Carlos de Borbón |
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