Colombia
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(2017)
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There are four Metrocable stations on Line "K"; from bottom to top: Acevedo (transfer to Metro train), Andalusia, Popular, & Santo Domingo (transfer to Metrocable Line "L" to Parque Arvi). The first photo on the caption line {with the bracketed link} shows all four stations from top to bottom.
Fernando Botero is a Colombian sculptor with a distinctive style who was born in Medellin in 1932. Botero's original bird sculpture was destroyed by a terrorist bomb that killed 23 people on June 10, 1995. Click on the camera icon with the red background to see the plaque shown above full size, and read the names and ages of the victims.
Besides the varied trees and flowers at the Medellin Botanical Gardens, there are historical displays (including an old passenger rail car), a wildlife display (showing a tree frog, monkey, iguana, tortoise, and sloth!), and an orchid garden (covered by a hexagonal wooden lattice roof), which was unfortunately closed when I was there.
Medellin's Metro rail system (elevated in downtown) consists of the main north-south line (14.4 miles) that parallels the Medellin River, and one east-west line (3.5 miles). Some stations (such as the San Antonio Station shown here) include transfers to the Tranvia (trolley) or the Metrocable (suspended gondola) lines.
San Jose church, Tranvia (trolley) station
Torres Bomboná (high-rise apts.)
Cerro Nutibara entrance, steps looking down
Pueblito Paisa, at top of Cerro Nutibara
Indians statue, Cerro Nutibara
Views of Medellin from Cerro Nutibara:
Downtown West Olaya Herrera airport
Simon Bolivar statue, Metropolitan Cathedral
30th St., Bancolombia bldg. Orange-flower tree
Biblioteca Española (closed!)
In addition to light rail and the Metrocable mass transit systems, Medellin also features ultra-modern trolley lines ("Tranvia") with automated gates and sophisticated video monitors in each car to keep passengers informed.
Pueblito ("Village") Paisa is a cultural museum complex that focuses on the history of the "Paisa" people, as folks in Medellin and the surrounding province of Antioquia are known. It is situated at the top of a large hill that offers great views of the surrounding city.
This airport (the old one) is used strictly for regional flights. The new Medellin airport, with international connections, is located about 15 miles east of the city, via a steep mountain highway that passes through a tunnel.
The Biblioteca Española (Spanish Library) was a big cultural project but had to be closed last year after it was discovered that the buildings' foundations are too weak. Temporary "girdles" keep it stable, but whether it can be repaired is yet unknown.
