Cultural sites - Historical center

The library collection began with the founding of the Bank of the Republic in 1923. In 1955 Luis Angel Arango, the bank's general manager (1947-1957), began construction of its headquarters, opened in 1958. Has more than 45,000 square feet on two blocks where more than 2,000 reading seats, a concert hall and three buildings: Art museum of the Bank of the Republic, The Mint and the Botero Museum, which house collections of Coins , Colombian and international art and temporary exhibitions. More

With the purchase of poporo Quimbaya, adopted on May 17, 1939, the board of the Central Bank began the collection of the Museo del Oro gold and assigned the task of defending the archaeological objects and prevent their escape to the outside. It currently has more than 33,000 objects made of gold and alloys, and more than 12,000 pieces of pottery. More

National monument since 1975, is one of the theaters built to the most outstanding Italian American. After expropriating for political reasons Maldonado Theatre in 1885, President Rafael Núñez decided to build in the same place on the National Theatre. In 1892, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America, decided to change its name to the Admiral Columbus and opened on 12 October. It is located opposite the Palace of San Carlos, headquarters of the Foreign. More

First it was a grazing area of ​​pigs and horses, then snatched the hegemony of the Plaza de San Francisco, centralizing all business in the Plaza Mayor and the businesses of its outline. At the start of the Republican era was called the Plaza of the Constitution and continued to be used for the public market. On July 20, 1846 stood at its center the statue of Bolivar who took, by spontaneous popular decision, the name Plaza de Bolívar, a public space around which is the administrative and political center of the country.

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