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Tintal Library
The El Tintal Manuel Zapata Olivella Public Library, part of BibloRed, is located in the west of Bogotá, Colombia, on Ciudad de Cali Avenue. It was designed by the architect Daniel Bermúdez. Formerly, it operated as a waste and garbage treatment plant, Protecho, owned by the company EDIS, but it was abandoned. Its construction began in 1998 and was completed in 2002. Characteristics The library has an area of 6,650 m2 and a capacity of 150,000 volumes. It has a reading room for young people and adults with a capacity of 500 people, consisting of a reference room, a newspaper and periodical section, rooms for group work, a multimedia room, and a computer room. Additionally, there is a children's room with a capacity for 200 children, including a reading room, workshops, a playroom, and multimedia facilities. Among its facilities, there is also an auditorium for 160 people, three multipurpose rooms, a temporary exhibition hall, and a room with information about Bogotá. Access ...
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Daniel Bermúdez
Daniel Bermúdez Samper (born 1950) is a Colombian architect, and Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the University of the Andes, Colombia, University of the Andes. Daniel was born in 1950 in Bogotá. His father was modern architect Guillermo Bermúdez Umaña and his mother was Graciela Samper Gnecco. He is an alumnus of the University of the Andes, Colombia, University of the Andes, where he graduated in architecture in 1973. Since 1975 he has been a faculty member of the Universidad de Los Andes teaching at the Department of Architecture and Design. He is currently coordinator of the Degree project course (BA), part of the faculty team in charge of thesis projects and a member of the Architecture, City and Education (ACE) research team. Awards He received the ''Bienal Colombiana de Arquitectura'' (1992, 1998 and 2004), the ''Asocreto Concrete Excellence Award'' (1998, 2002, 2004)), and the ''XIII Premio Obras Cemex'' award (2004). Bermúdez critiqued the ...
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BibloRed
BibloRed is the District network of Public Libraries and Alternative Reading Spaces of Bogotá, Colombia. It is a system that seeks to provide citizens with the opportunities to engage with books, reading, writing, orality, culture, research, science, technology, and innovation. Its 145 spaces operate under the guidance of the Mayor's Office of Bogotá, initially through its Secretariat of Education (2001–2013) and later through its Secretariat of Culture, Recreation and Sports (2013 - Currently). Since 1998, BibloRed has managed information and knowledge, promoted inclusion in written culture, and encouraged the development of oral skills among the city's inhabitants. Furthermore, its spaces are open for the public construction of knowledge and the cultural empowerment of communities. Through these means, it fosters freedom and social as well as individual prosperity as fundamental tools for human development. Governance structure In 2024, BibloRed comprises 145 reading s ...
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Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city of Colombia, and one of the List of largest cities, largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not politically part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the main political, economic, administrative, industrial, cultural, aeronautical, technological, scientific, medical and educational center of the country and northern South America. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh Spanish conquest of the Muisca, e ...
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Kennedy, Bogotá
Kennedy, or Ciudad Kennedy, is the eighth locality of Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the city and is the second most populous being home to 14% of the city's residents. This district is mostly inhabited by working and low income residents. General information Borders * North: The Fucha River, bordering the Fontibón locality * South: Norte-Quito-Sur, Autopista Sur and the Tunjuelo River, bordering the localities of Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá, Ciudad Bolívar and Tunjuelito * East: Avenida Carrera 68, bordering the locality of Puente Aranda * West: Bogotá River, with the municipality of Mosquera, Cundinamarca, Mosquera Hydrology The locality is bordered on two sides by the Fucha and Bogotá Rivers. In addition to these, it has some wetlands of Bogotá, wetlands, including El Tintal (wetland), El Tintal. Topography Kennedy is relatively flat, due to its location on the Bogotá savanna. Transportation Major routes serving the locality includ ...
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TransMilenio
TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Soacha, a neighbouring city. The system opened to the public in December 2000. As of 2024, 12 lines totalling run throughout the city. It is part of the city's Integrated Public Transport System (Bogotá), Integrated Public Transport System (''Sistema Integrado de Transporte Público'' [SITP]), along with the urban, complimentary, and special bus services operating on neighbourhood and main streets. TransMilenio consists of several interconnected BRT lines, with raised floor stations in the center of a main avenue, or "''troncal''". Passengers typically reach the stations via a bridge over the street. Usually four lanes down the center of the street are dedicated to bus traffic. The outer lanes allow express buses to bypass buses stopped at a station. As of 2024, 1,801 buses on average were circulating on the trunk line system. An additional set of 869 regular buses, known as ...
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Manuel Zapata Olivella
Manuel Zapata Olivella ( Santa Cruz of Lorica, Córdoba, 17 March 1920 – Bogota, 19 November 2004) was a Colombian doctor, anthropologist, and writer. Biography When he was a boy, his father, the professor Antonio María Zapata Vásquez, moved with his family to Cartagena de Indias. Zapata Olivella's younger sister, Delia Zapata Olivella, was a Colombian dancer and folklorist. He studied Medicine at the National University of Colombia, in Bogota. In Mexico City, he worked in the Psychiatric Sanatorium of Dr. Ramírez and afterward in the Hospital Ortopédico of Alfonso Ortiz Thrown. He also worked for the magazine ''Time'' and for the magazine ''Events for All''. He argued against his brother Virgil by defending the United States, but he later changed his mind after being racially discriminated against during a trip to the country. During his stay in Mexico, he wrote the unpublished novel "Bitter Rice". He published several studies on the cultures of Afro-Colombians. He ...
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Virgilio Barco Library
Virgilio Barco Public Library is a Public library in the western sector of Bogotá, Colombia, is part of BibloRed, the District's Public Library Network. The building was designed by architect Rogelio Salmona, and forms part of the Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park. Its inauguration took place on December 21, 2001, named after former President Virgilio Barco Vargas. The design of the building is notable for its emphasis of Water resources, water management, with water pools on the outside. The library and its surrounding park together form one of seven sites which make up the serial property "The architectural legacy of Rogelio Salmona: an ethical, political, social and poetic manifesto." Colombia's permanent delegation to UNESCO submitted the site to the country's World Heritage Site#Nomination process, Tentative List for the World Heritage List in 2022. Architecture The library building was designed by Rogelio Salmona, also known for the Torres del Parque, the National Archiv ...
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Tunal Library
The Gabriel García Márquez - El Tunal Public Library, is a library located in the Tunal Park in the south of Bogotá, Colombia. It was designed by architects Suely Vargas Nóbrega, Manuel Antonio Guerrero and Marcia Wanderley and was inaugurated on May 10, 2001, forming part of the BibloRed Network of Public Libraries, and receives approximately 4,000 people of different ages daily. On June 18, 2014, by means of Agreement #556 (articles three) of the Bogotá City Council, the Library was renamed as the Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo () or Gabito () throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th centur ... - El Tunal Public Library, to honor the Colombian writer and Nobel Prize winner. General information The library has an area of 6.826 m2 and a capacity for 110,000 volumes. It is a three-story structur ...
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University Of The Rosary
The Universidad del Rosario, officially Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, is a Colombian private university founded on Roman Catholic principles, by Fray Cristobal de Torres in 1653. Located in Bogotá, due to its important place in Colombian history, it is known as "the Cradle of the Republic". Most faculties reside at the Cloister, the main campus located in the historic-geographical centre of Bogotá. It also included a private all-male traditional primary and secondary school until 2008. Nowadays the institution is based on secular ideas and remains very influential in Colombian culture and public life. At least 28 of Colombia's presidents have been students of this university. It has influenced and participated in very important transitional processes like the revolution for the independence from Spain and the drafting of the Political National Constitution of 1991. One of the most important 1886 Constitution's Supreme Court (1936), the so-called golden court, ...
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Libraries In Bogotá
A library is a collection of books, and possibly other materials and media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or digital (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location, a virtual space, or both. A library's collection normally includes printed materials which may be borrowed, and usually also includes a reference section of publications which may only be utilized inside the premises. Resources such as commercial releases of films, television programmes, other video recordings, radio, music and audio recordings may be available in many formats. These include DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs, cassettes, or other applicable formats such as microform. They may also provide access to information, music or other content held on bibliographic databases. In addition, some libraries offer creation stations for makers which offer access to a 3D printing station with a 3D scanner. Libraries can vary widely ...
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Libraries Established In 2002
A library is a collection of books, and possibly other materials and media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or digital (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location, a virtual space, or both. A library's collection normally includes printed materials which may be borrowed, and usually also includes a reference section of publications which may only be utilized inside the premises. Resources such as commercial releases of films, television programmes, other video recordings, radio, music and audio recordings may be available in many formats. These include DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs, cassettes, or other applicable formats such as microform. They may also provide access to information, music or other content held on bibliographic databases. In addition, some libraries offer creation stations for makers which offer access to a 3D printing station with a 3D scanner. Libraries can vary ...
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