Torres_Gonzalo_Jiménez_de_Quesada

Conjunto Multifamiliar Torres Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

Conjunto Multifamiliar Torres Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

Residential in Bogotá, Colombia

The Torres Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ("Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Towers") is a residential complex composed of five towers of equal height in the centre of the Colombian capital Bogotá. The buildings are situated in the neighbourhood (barrio) Las Aguas, in the northeast of La Candelaria.

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The Torres Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada with the Cerro de Guadalupe of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes in the background

Etymology

The towers are named after the Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, who after the expedition into the Andes and conquest of the Muisca was the first governor of the New Kingdom of Granada and the founder of Bogotá on August 6, 1538.

Description

The Torres Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada were constructed as part of the urbanization project in the late 1960s and 1970s.[2] They are locates in the centre of Bogotá; the locality La Candelaria. The complex of the five residential towers, each 72 metres (236 ft) in height, consists of 390 apartments, next to the Universidad de los Andes.[3] The towers are the highest buildings in the historical centre of the Colombian capital.[4]

At the base of the towers, a mural has been drawn.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Google Maps Elevation Finder
  2. [2]
    Rincón Avellaneda, 2006, p.129
  3. [3]
    De Urbina González, 2012, p.53
  4. [4]
    De Urbina González, 2012, p.63
  5. [5]
    (in Spanish) Mural de las Torres Jiménez de Quesada

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