Medellín a young city

[scooby1781]

I can not remember where I found this article at but I thought it was pretty good the translation is not perfect but you'll get the drift.

Medellín a young city

The first time that the Spaniards sighted Aburrá Valley was in 1541, when the officer Luis Jerónimo Tejel arrived here on the orders of Marshal Jorge Robledo, who later founded the city of Antioquia. Since there was no gold or silver, the Spaniards did not pay close attention to the valley and were in the middle of the rejection of the boredom that Indians inhabited what is now Medellín.

In 1616 the hearers and Visitor Francisco Herrera Campuzano Indians dropped several places in the province of Antioquia, brought some of the Aburrá Valley and founded the town of San Lorenzo de Aburrá, in what is now the El Poblado neighborhood, which can not be taken as the origin of Medellin.

The inhabitants of the valley formed a dynamic Cologne, with scattered population engaged in farming and livestock, the people of San Lorenzo declined rapidly while in the rest of the valley, its inhabitants were grouped into several sites. One was the site of Anna, located close to the current Administrative Center La Alpujarra. Already in 1660 it had a church, a poor urban design and a singular importance.

The town of Antioquia opposed to the Valle de Aburrá was founded a town or village, as it would reduce its jurisdiction and political control over the province, as many of their neighbors were moving to live Valle de Aburrá, better temper, plenty of water and a more proactive communication with the governor of Popayan and the Rio Magdalena.

Antioquia in 1813 proclaimed its independence from Spain. By then, Antioch had the cities of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Rionegro, Zaragoza, Caceres, Remedios and towns of Medellin and Marinilla. The latter was declared a city by the dictator Juan del Corral in that year, given the commercial importance that would be gained by passage on the routes to the Magdalena River, the city of Popayan and the Atlantic

Despite opposition from the then capital of the province, Santa Fe de Antioquia, April 17, 1826 Francisco de Paula Santander passed a law which raised to the rank of Medellín capital of the province of Antioquia. But only towards 1870 this peaceful village, surrounded by herds experienced an economic boom as a significant supplier of food to the mining areas of Remedios and Zaragoza Caceres and the ancient capital of Santa Fe and a center of the coffee market, a result of the call colonization of Antioquia that made large areas of wasteland in grain crops.

This boom gave a boost to the emerging urban settings and architecture of the capital, and social and cultural life, with the emergence of organizations dedicated to the arts and letters, which should be highlighted because in future the development economic and cultural events go hand in hand, which is a mark attached to the history of Medellín.

Pedro Justo Berrio (1827 - 1875), begin to project the city as a political and economic center, beyond the local sphere, to promote the development of infrastructure such as roads, trams, railways and banking. Indeed, in 1874 began one of the works that marked much of recent history, not just in Medellín, but throughout the region: Antioquia Railway, while the city emerge as intellectual center that attracted writers and thinkers.

Hence, in order to counter its growth and disorderly without planning, the council issued the Medellin 4, 1890 Agreement on the plane to be drawn for future development of the city, which was not the first since since the late eighteenth century and there were two versions of the plane of the Villa. Was established in 1899 The Society of Public Improvements, which played a leading role in the development of the city and further consolidated the Institute of Fine Arts by integrating with the paint shop of Francisco Antonio Cano, author of the Horizons classic work, now reproduced on a large wall in the Plaza Cisneros. coast.
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n the early twentieth century, Medellín, which had only a few thousand inhabitants, began to experience a radical transformation of the so-called industrialization, which contributed to the topography of mountains and abundance of water which is used for power generation, proximity and location in relation to growing markets, the ability of Antioquia as a trader and a sense of leadership that just at the dawn of the twentieth century, had the vision and was the Chamber of Commerce of Medellin.

The garment sector was the beginning of industrialization in the Aburrá Valley, but soon joined by other sectors such as glass, footwear, food, consumer goods and steel. Some companies that are managed at that time were the National Chocolates, Postobón, Coltejer, Fabricato, Compania Colombiana de Snuff, Fábrica Nacional de Noel biscuits and confectionery.

This would definitely be in the 1930s with the policies of opening doors to economic growth as presidents and Enrique Olaya Herrera Alfonso López Pumarejo. Medellin

The cultural life of the city continued to flourish here as a born newspaper El Espectador, considered the dean of the national press and radio companies such as RCN and Caracol, in scope and literary figures such as Thomas Carrasquilla emerged and groups like The Panidas, with Leon de Greiff. The city would remain central significance of literary movements such as The Nadaistas, which shocked the country and loved. Other cultural landmarks in Medellin the mark the art biennials, contemporary art that came from the common people, and later paintings and sculptures of Fernando Botero which would be recognized and admired around the world. Today, in addition to many cultural events of significance, is made in Medellin International Poetry Festival-2006 Alternative Nobel Prize - which brings together poets and writers from dozens of countries. took clear advantage of such policies to become the main industrial center, economic and financial of the country.

After overcoming the crisis caused by the drug trade in the mid-80s, Medellín regained its traditional leadership. Today, after taking the reintegration into civilian life of actors of violence, Medellin is presented to the world as a model of peace and reconciliation.

A great example of this new thrust of the city gave it the performance in March 2007 of the XIII Congress of the Association of Academies of the Spanish language throughout the world, with the presence of the Kings of Spain. The Congress proposed the revision, update and definition of the grammar of contemporary Spanish language, which bears the name of "Grammar of Medellin."

Medellin is now identified by their outstanding exhibitions and events year after year, the air filled with a hopeful and vanguard, here rendezvous Fairs Fashion and clothing and COLOMBIATEX Colombiamoda festivals culture festival of the book, International Poetry Festival, Festival International de Tango and the International Jazz Festival, Feria de las Flores and its Parade Silleteros and the magic of Christmas lights every year with his surprise design and color.

An inclusive city, many works of high investment, construction and Metroplus Metrocable the two lines that complement the Metro, medellinenses pride of the great urban renewal, visible and supportive to all its inhabitants and visitors, more than six local channels television, the ultra modern Parks Libraries culture that bring the city to areas where such opportunities were not there before, the great scientific development of Medellín, in particular in the field of health, universities and further education opportunities for all its inhabitants make this a city of the future and internationally.

[Don]

Cool review but still muy peligroso! I like Bogota thank you.

[Jim]

If I ever gave decided to leave the Phils and live in Colombia, I would choose either Medellin or Cali because of the GREAT weather. Bogota is way to cold but I believe the biggest aspect of choosing Bogota is whether you like huge cities or not, If you like NYC, you might like Bogota.

My GFs family is moving to Zamboanga which is in the southwest tip of Mindanao. Mindanao is not considered safe by some and the SW portion is considered the least safe. I plan to go there in March and be careful.

If I wanted to be totally safe, I'd stay in my house in the US and never go out. Then all I'd need to worry about was a car driving through the front of the house which has happen in Phoenix several times. [not to me]/

[Sailover]

I am with Jim on the Bogota. It is a fantastic city with tons to see and do. But I felt cold nearly every damn day. It drizzles way too often too. My students used to come to evening classes in scarfs and gloves! I remember the night I stood in front of the class and said, 'that's it. I can't do it here anymore.' I was in Miami within two weeks. Then came down to Cali which has such Charm. (get it?)

[RXD]

It is the bets tourist destination. Its set in a valley running south to north just under one hour by plane from Bogotá. It has number of museums and famous attractions. It is an extremely attractive town. It contain also the best and cheapest hotels.

[AltoHombre]

Yeah, but in the hotel I stayed in this last September, they had no central heat and no heaters in the rooms. Just lots of blankets. On the other hand they did have hot water, something you have to seek out everywhere in Valle del Cauca.

Bogota is interesting and it's big and I had a great time there. Go paragliding, it was amazing. :-)