Friday, April 12, 2013

THEATRES OF COLOMBIA


THEATRES OF BOGOTA

LEON THE GREIFF AUDITORIUM

It is the main auditorium of the National University of Colombia, Bogotá, named in honor of the Colombian poet León de Greiff. It is located in the central square of the campus in the University City in Bogotá Teusaquillo. His sound is recognized in the field is nacional.1 headquarters Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra. It has capacity to accommodate 1619 spectators.

 JORGE ELICER GAITAN THEATRE


File:Bogotá TJEG.JPGThe Jorge Gaitan occupies the central area of the block between Seventh and Eighth race, and streets and Twenty Twenty, in the north of the town of Santa Fe in downtown Bogotá.
Their design began in 1938 and was led by architect Richard Aeck, U.S. firm Fred T. Law, who also built the building Pedro A. Environmental Lopez on Axis. It opened on June 20, 1940 with the name of Teatro Colombia.
In 1973 the Mayor of Bogotá was purchased and christened with the name of liberal leader Jorge Gaitan. Between 1996 and 1997 it was remodeled. At the end of the 2000s was also closed to adapt its structure to seismic risks presented by the city.
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THEATRES OF MEDELLIN

THE LIDO THEATRE

Is a theater in Medellin, Colombia, located in the eastern side of Parque Bolivar in the city center. It became operational in 1945 and in 2007, after a methodical restoration was reopened, and is administered by the Mayor of Medellín. It can accommodate 1,100 spectators and offers a varied program throughout the year.

File:Teatro Pablo Tobon Uribe-Medellin.JPGPABLO TOBON URIBE THEATRE

Pablo Tobon Uribe Theatre is a theater in Medellin, Colombia, located on Avenida La Playa. It has been one of the most traditional venues in the city, offers a varied program throughout the year, was inaugurated on August 2, 1967, and is the best acoustic features for musical and theatrical performances. The theater can accommodate 923 people distributed as follows: Luneta 514, Balcony 369, Additional Balcony 40. It is the cultural center of downtown Medellin.





Thursday, April 11, 2013

MALLS


BOGOTA MALLS


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NICE BOULEVARD

Nice Boulevard is a shopping mall located in Suba, located north of Bogota. It is linked to the TransMilenio station, Nice Calle 127, and is located at the intersection of 127th Street, Suba Avenue and Avenue Villas


Metropolis (mall)

METROPOLIS MALL


The Citadel is a Commercial Metropolis mall in Bogota (Colombia). It is located in the town of Barrios Unidos on Avenida Carrera 68 and Calle 75.1 can be accessed directly by it or through the stations 68 and Avenida Carrera 53 TransMilenio System.



MALL PLAZA OF THE AMERICAS

Our shopping center is located in Bogota Colombia and has the only IMAX

in Colombia. We offer among others, 1500 for our visitors parking with surveillance
24 hours, circular routes so you can visit the best and most complete shopping center in Bogotá.
Mall Plaza de las Americas has 28 fast food establishments where
you can spend a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, a central plaza for events of all types and points
information inside the mall where you can get any kind of guidance.
We also have ODS (Olympic Super Store), where you will find all kinds of items for
household, pharmaceutical, and other appliances. If you want an afternoon of shopping you can have
your reach more than 200 shops of clothes, shoes, beauty, electronics, etc.

CALI MALLS
EAST  PORTAL MALL

Gateway Mall East. Strategically located in the 8th Cra. corner of Highway 70 South Street East, in the heart of the east, the epicenter of a new high-impact road development in the mobility of the city. With an estimated market potential of 800,000 layers 2 and 3, and residents in surrounding neighborhoods Juanchito floating population, Candelaria, Prairie, Florida and Palmira, passing by. East Portal is the first themed mall in Colombia, inspired by salsa, an innovative urban concept that will hit the market in eastern Cali.

 CALIMIO MALL

Megacentro Calimio is located in the most developed commercial corner in the city center. Located on Calle 18 Cra 1A, this new center becomes the best showcase for your business, brand or service. It benefits from two excellent roads with large traffic flow: Cra 1 and Calle 15, and three nearby stations MIO: San Pedro, Torre de Cali and San Nicolás, ensuring more visitors and potential customers of downtown Cali. So Megacentro Calimio satisfies all the needs that the community of Cali looking at the mall: comfort, security, strategic location and easy access forms.



MEDELLIN MALLS

KEY POINT MALL

Key Point becomes the first Comprehensive Service Center of the city of Medellín, trying at all times to improve the quality of life of its visitors, thanks to the convenience of its spaces, security, strategic location, the attitude of service each of its employees and its mix of offerings ranging from Health Services, Financial Services, Travel Services, Additional Services, Trade and Restaurants. With this we hope to spend some time in Key Point is a rewarding moment, where our visitors can do errands and shopping in a comfortable and quiet, enjoying our comfortable common areas, our fountains and gardens, or perhaps eating something rich or enjoying a coffee. On the other side is the Farm City Farm, an interactive space located on the fourth floor of Key Point, where children and adults can interact with the animals themselves in the city field. In addition, the Comprehensive Service Center you will find a variety of events, workshops, courses, exhibitions and activations that you can always ask our portal.
ALMACENTRO MALL

Almacentro is located in the heart of the city of Medellín, and within it houses more than 120 companies offering their services to the community. Almacentrocuenta a commercial zone of 135 local business and a 7-story tower with 69 offices. In total it has a built area of 15 thousand square meters, spread over 9000 meters and 6000 commercial tower business, which consists of seven floors. Currently Almacentro has entered a new stage that looks to consolidate business center services as health, tourism and related industries. This comes specializing its business mix in these areas and adapting their spaces according to the needs of that order.

CARTAGENA MALLS

CARIBBEAN  PLAZA NALL

Pie de la Popa Cll 29D No.22-108, 0057 Cartagena
80,000 square meters are represented in 200 stores, among which are the biggest brands in the country, with large format.


PASEO OF THE CATELLANA MALL 

 Phone: (57) 5 6531950
E-mail: mercadeo@paseodelacastellana.com
Website: www.paseodelacastellana.com/
Avenida Pedro de Heredia Villa Sandra industry Calle 30 No. 30-31
Paseo de la Castellana is a unique place in the beautiful Cartagena de Indias. A place to meet the best brands and servicioso.






Wednesday, April 10, 2013

NATIONAL PARK




COLOMBIA NATIONAL PARK


NATIONAL NATUAL PARK SIERRA NEVADA OF SANTA MARTA

File:Sierra nevada.JPGThe Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is located approximately 10 ° 52 'North and 73 ° 43' West (position of their central peaks), divided between the departments of Magdalena, Cesar and La Guajira, in the Colombian Caribbean, in jurisdictions Swamp municipalities, San Juan del Cesar, Foundation, Aracataca, Dibulla, Mingueo, Santa Marta, Riohacha and Valledupar.
The park includes nearly 80% of the Sierra, which is the highest coastal mountain in the world. It has a pyramidal shape, with their faces facing north, southeast and southwest. It is so high that it is visible from the cities of Santa Marta and Valledupar, located about 40 miles from it.
Being a mountain, especially over 5000 meters high, has all climatic zones, from the warm dry place until permanent snow.
Also the climate of the region is determined by the trade winds and elevation relative to sea level. That is why the temperature is from 27 ° in the lower park to 6 ° in the highest peaks of the Sierra.


TAYRONA NATIONAL PARK
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Tayrona National Park is located in the Caribbean Region in Colombia. Its area is part of the department of Magdalena.
A 34 km from the city of Santa Marta is one of the most important natural parks of Colombia. It is home to a large number of species distributed in regions with different climatic zones ranging from sea level to heights of 900 m.
Of the 15,000 hectares of the park, 3,000 are offshore.


SIERRA OF THE  MACARENA

The Serrania de la Macarena is a meeting point of the flora and fauna of the Amazon, the Orinoco and the Andes. Because of its height has varied bioclimatic, with temperatures ranging between 12 ° and 25 ° C. These facts have led to the preservation of a unique habitat in a small region of great biodiversity and has several endemic species.
Its fauna has anteaters, tigers, cougars, deer, 8 species of monkeys, 500 species of birds, 1,200 species of insects and 100 reptiles. In the case of the flora there are 48 species of orchids, 2,000 of other flowers, foliage and plants different.


THE NEVADOS NATIONAL PARK 

The Los Nevados National Park is located in the Cordillera Central in the Andean region of the Andes in Colombia. Its area is part of the departments of Caldas, Risaralda, Quindio and Tolima, being divided between the municipalities of Villamaría, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Pereira, Salento, Villa Hermosa, Anzoategui, Santa Isabel, Murillo and Ibague.
The park includes thermal levels corresponding to those of cold moor superpáramo and perpetual snow, so their main ecosystems are Andean forests, deserts and glacier. It also includes the watersheds of some rivers, such as the river Otún Totarito River, Mills River, River Azufrado, Lagunillas River, river and river Campoalegre Guali, among others.
Before entering the park you can see the black lagoon. In the park are located the snowy Ruiz, Tolima, Santa Isabel, the Swan, Quindío, Moon Valley, and gaps Otún and Green, among other attractions.


Tuesday, April 9, 2013

ATTRACTIONS OF CALI

CALI


CALI ZOO

Cali Zoo is a zoo located in the Colombian city of Cali (Colombia). The park is within the Municipal Forest, on the banks of Cali, has about 350 animals of 233 species, 1 in amphibians (7%), mammals (21%), reptiles (12%), poultry (30%), fish (21%) and butterflies (9%).

Cali Zoo promotes and implements various educational, recreational and research to help preserve biodiversity in Colombia and create environmental awareness among the society. It has a total area of 25 hectares, although the park itself only has 9 hectares, and the route is about 1.5 miles.



CRISTO REU MONUMENT

File:Estatua de Cristo Rey Cali.jpgCristo Rey is a statue of 31 meters high hill located in Crystals at 1440 meters in the village Los Andes, west of the city of Cali, Colombia. The hill is so named because of the large amount of quartz that could be collected in the surrounding area.
In commemoration of the fifty years following the end of the War of a Thousand Days, Sunday 25 October 1953 at its summit opened an image of Christ, of iron and concrete, with a mass of 464 tons and a height of 31 meters, of which belong to 5m 2 March pedestal.1
The statue was originally created palmirano artist Gerardo Navia. For lack of money, the artist ended Alideo Tazzioli Fontanini Italian origin. The project was led by the play since 1949 the Jesuit priest José María Arteaga, who collected funds assemblies of most departments to build the statue.




ATTRACTIONS OF MEDELLIN

MEDELLIN


EXPLORE PARK

One of the most sought after in this area is the Parque Explora, which thanks to its interactive rooms, the aquarium, the TV studio, a vivarium and Municipal Planetarium Jesus Emilio Ramirez Gonzalez-although located in the park of the desires is administered by Explore-provides large and small, space for fun, learning, and contact with nature.
In exploring, travelers can also find a dining area consists of: Dogger, fast-food specialist, Forest Café, famous for offering delicious drinks,
Hot Spot, which offers delicious bakery products, and my love, with the best fruit salads, ice cream, juices, milkshakes and desserts.
One attraction of this park is the aquarium, one of the largest in South America.


METROCABLE


Metrocable born with the purpose of improving the mobility of the inhabitants of the city. These lines maintain the quality standards of the Metro along flyways that extend the area of influence of the system, ensuring the integration and speed when using the various modes of transport.

These works and their investments have an important social and common benefit, as they are aimed at improving the quality of living conditions of low-income population, user of public transport systems.

ATTRACTIONS OF CARTAGENA

CARTAGENA


THE WALLS OF CARTAGENA

The walls were designed in order to protect the Cartagena suffering ongoing attacks. In this wall shows the bastion of Santa Catalina, and purpose of this was to prevent access bulwark for the dangerous enemy avenue of Cruz Grande.



MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

The Museum of Modern Art of Cartagena has an art collection that was initiated by a grant from the Organization of American States (OAS), on Latin American painting of the 50's, which has expanded and is on permanent display in the Hall 1. It also includes in its programming solo exhibitions, collective and continuous program of support activities.