IGLESIA DEL CARMEN
Carrera 5 with Calle 8
Rescued by the Salesians at the beginning of the 20th century, when it was in ruins, this church retains its Gothic style, with its beautiful facade. The architecture was the Juan Buscaglione
PLAZA BOLIVAR
Carrera 7 between Calles 9 and 11
This is the most important square in the city, dedicated to the figure of the liberator Simon Bolivar in 1881. A number of changes have been made to it over time. At the end of the 19th century, its head trees and benches in the European style, but today is a flat open space for meetings
LIEVANO BUILDING
Carrera 8 between Calles 10 and 11
On the site formerly occupied by the "Arrubla" shopping centre, which was burned to the ground in 1900, the Lievano building now stands, a complex in the French neo-classical style with attics on the corners. Construction began in 1904.
LOURDES CHURCH
Carrera 11 with Calle 63
Designed by Julio Lombana, and built between 1890 and 1937, this majestic church became the most important building in the elegant district of Chapinero in the 1940s and 1950s.. It remains the most important religious reference point in the area.
Hotel UGI
Carrera 13 and Calle 39
This was built in 1974. The interesting feature of this building is its structural system. It has a elevator tower in concrete, into which flying floors are fitted. The floors were pre-cast on the ground, and then hoisted up and anchored to the central tower.
CHAPINERO STATION
Calle 63 and Avenida Caracas
At this point, which is today crossed by the Avenida Caracas, stood the railway station which connected the centre of the city to the outlying district of Chapinero. Today, this area is an important traffic intersection.
RESIDENCIA PERNIGOTTI
Calle 34 with Carrera 18
This beautiful house was built in the first half of the 20th century, and owned by one of the most important families in the traditional district of Teusaquillo. It retained the grand style of the Republican mansions that once stood in the district.
LOS CERROS
Carrera 3, Calle 58
This was land which in the 1950s was covered by exuberant vegetation; today, it is covered by buildings which form the upper zone of Chapinero, on the lower slopes of the eastern hills.
RESIDENCIA PALOMINO
Carrera 13, Calle 72 and 73
This was built in the 1930s, and owned by Eugenio Palomino. It was demolished, and today there is a service station on that site.
INSTITUTO PEDAGOGICO
Calle 72, between Carreras 12 and 11
This was built in the 1920s, and was second only to the church of la Porciuncula, in Avenida Chile, to the north of the city. It was also one of the first establishments of higher education to form teachers in Colombia
RESIDENCIAS EL NOGAL
Carrera 7, No. 76-12
This is a residential complex in the north of the city, opened in 1948. It was built by the architects Trujillo-Gómez and Martínez-Cárdenas. It was the place where the delegates to the Pan-American conference were lodged before the violent events of April 9,1948, when the political leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitan was assassinated
GIMNASIO MODERNO
Carrera 9, No. 74-99
The facade of the main building and the campus were designed by Robert Harrington in 1918 on land donated by José Maria Samper. The school was designed to educate the leading classes, and has been attended by many Presidents of Colombia.
CASA AMAYA
Carrera 13, Calle 73
This was built in 1930, and was one of the most important houses in Teusaquillo, at the centre of Bogota. It was owned by Esteban Amaya.
VILLA ADELAIDA
Carrera 7 No. 70-40
This was one of the first luxury mansions on the Avenida Chile, built by gaston Lelarge and Pablo de la Cruz. It was later used as a restaurant, the Gran Vatel. Today, it is being restored.
LA PORCIUNCULA
Calle 72, Carrera 11
This church was built by the Franciscans as part of a monastery of the same name. It dates back to 1920, and the architect was Juan Bautista Arnaud. The church is all that remains of the original monastery
UNICENTRO
Carrera 15, Calle 127
Opened in 1976 and built by Pedro Gómez, this was the first American-style shopping centre in Bogota, located to the north of the city, and today still a major mall.
AUTOPISTA NORTE
This major highway was first proposed in 1959 as part of a street plan designed to decongest access to the city, and it is representative of the most ambitious projects in the process of modernization of Bogota
AVENIDA CHILE
Calle 72
Opened at the end of 1920, this avenue was at the northern end of the city, and was the terminus for the tram system. It was then surrounded by luxury mansions, but it is now one a major business centre.
SEMINARIO MAYOR
Carrera 7 No. 94/80
Located in the lower slopes of the eastern hills, close to the village of Usaquen. It was built in 1947, somewhat remote from the rest of the north of the city, and suitable for the contemplative life of those aspiring to the priesthood. The architect was José María Montoya.
MUSEO DEL CHICO
Carrera 7, Calle 92 and 93
This house is a museum, and the home of the Bogota Urban Improvement Society. It was formerly the country home of Mercedes Sierra de Pérez. Today, it is a centre for social events, with its beautiful rooms, and its spacious gardens.
TECHO AIRPORT
Transversal 71 C with Calle 28S
This airport was once owned by Colombia's first airline SCADTA, and it was the most important in the country until the 1950s. Today, it is no longer used as an airport.
EL CAMPIN STADIUM
Carrera 13 and Calle 57
Inaugurated in 1938, and built on lands that the long formerly to Nemesio Camacho, the Campin football stadium seats 45.000, and is the most important venue for sporting and cultural events in the city
HOSPITAL SAN CARLOS
Carrera 13 No. 28-44 S.
This health centre was the first modern hospital building in Bogota, erected in 1940 by Cuellar Serrano Gómez. It won the National Engineering Prize in 1948, and is located in the south of the city. It is still operating today.
THE TECHO RACECOURSE
Ciudad Kennedy
The site is occupied today by the Mundo Aventura amusement park, but was formerly the horse racetrack, one of the first in the country, built on the site of the former Techo airport
it is capital and political, administrative, economic and cultural centre of the country. It stands on a plateau in the eastern range of the Andes mountains, more than 8,000 ft. above sea level, with a total area of 1,732 square kilometers. The currency is the Colombian peso, and the official language is Spanish.
