The Candelaria’s theater

The Candelaria’s theater had created several national plays and presented them in national festivals, and international festivals demonstrating Colombian and others nation’s cultures. It was founded in 1966 from a group of artists of all around Colombia. Since the beginning of the theater group La Candelaria is an overriding concern was to work for public access to the theater and popular ownership of the national drama. Adaptations of works were made as “soldados” and the national Alvaro Cepeda Samudio “padre”, directed by Carlos José Reyes and some experiments that were named Magic, who were free to create experiences together between theater people and artists of the plastic. In this moment it’s located at the historical Candelaria´s zone. As the Candelaria’s theater and near it is the “casa de la cultura” which is painted with street art and on its top there is a phrase that said: “curtain of the time, images of dreams, dancing more than running the wind, harmony and color display”, by Sone, demonstrates as good as well the significance of dramatization.

By: Diana Catalina Márquez

By: Diana Catalina Márquez

Corferia

Corferia is the international center of businesses and expositions; it was opened on October of 1954. It contains 22 pavilions, a food court, parking lot and information points. In the city is the center of this type bigger of the city and during the whole year is taking part of expositions and fairs such as: “La Feria Internacional Del Libro”, “Agroespo”, “International Footwear & Leather Show”, “Feria de las Colonias”, Feria de la Belleza y de la Salud”, “Feria de Hogar”, “Proflora”, “Expociencia”, “Artbo”, “Expoartesanias” and others. There you can also see some moving statues such as militars, men from other epoch and more. By Diana Catalina Márquez

Candelaria's sculptures street art

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Candelaria's painted street art

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Plaza del Chorro de Quevedo

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Plaza del Chorro de Quevedo (hermit of San Miguel del Principe)

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La Candelaria

La Candelaria is a historical zone in which in every corner there is a commemorative and important place for Colombia’s history. It’s a place where you can’t hurry up, you have to stop for a while and see the panorama where our ancestors live the colonial times and then fight with heart for the independence of our country.

There, you can visit the “Plaza de Chorro de Quevedo” where you can find the place where Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada founded at first Bogotá on August 6 of 1538, later he ratified this act on April 27 of 1539 were now days is Plaza de Bolivar. In this place there is a hermit named San Miguel del Principe was constructed by Eduardo Mendoza Varela for “La Fundación Candelaria”on 1971. Also is the place of a fountain named “Chorro de Quevedo” were years before was where the people who lived near took pure water for their needs.

In the Candelaria streets you can find colonial houses, but also houses painted with street art, is the case of the “cultural house” near the Candelaria’s theater. But there is not only painted street art, but also there are sculptured street art, that you can found if you observe on the houses roofs.

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Street Michael Jackson

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Plaza de la Americas' Thearter

The screen of the IMAX Theater at the plaza de las Américas Mall has 8 stores high and seats for 600 people. It has the best image and sound quality as it is the most advanced film projector at the present. The IMAX cinema 15000 watts of surrounding sound, with 8 amplifiers and 44 speakers. That is why the IMAX sound is 3 times better than the Dolby surround of conventional cinemas.

By. Diana Catalina Márquez