Colombia News | Colombia Reports
  • News
    • General
    • Analysis
    • War and peace
    • Elections
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Science and Tech
  • Travel
    • General
    • Bogota
    • Medellin
    • Cali
    • Cartagena
    • Antioquia
    • Caribbean
    • Pacific
    • Coffee region
    • Amazon
    • Southwest Colombia
    • Northeast Colombia
    • Central Colombia
  • Data
    • Economy
    • Crime and security
    • War and peace
    • Development
    • Cities
    • Regions
    • Provinces
  • Profiles
    • Organized crime
    • Politics
    • Armed conflict
    • Economy
    • Sports
  • Lite
  • Opinion
  • About us
  • Support us
  • Intelligence
  • Contact Us
Colombia News | Colombia Reports
  • News
    • General
    • Analysis
    • War and peace
    • Elections
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Science and Tech
  • Travel
    • General
    • Bogota
    • Medellin
    • Cali
    • Cartagena
    • Antioquia
    • Caribbean
    • Pacific
    • Coffee region
    • Amazon
    • Southwest Colombia
    • Northeast Colombia
    • Central Colombia
  • Data
    • Economy
    • Crime and security
    • War and peace
    • Development
    • Cities
    • Regions
    • Provinces
  • Profiles
    • Organized crime
    • Politics
    • Armed conflict
    • Economy
    • Sports
  • Lite
  • Opinion
AntioquiaMedellin

Itagui Park

by Connor Paige February 28, 2014
Colombia Reports relies on your financial support. Please become our patron and support independent reporting from Colombia.
The future of Colombia Reports is under threat. The country's largest independent news website needs your help. Please become our patron.

Itagui Park can be described as both the geographical and cultural heart of Medellin‘s southwestern neighbor, Itagui, and has become a lot more attractive after a recent renovation project.

The park, or square depending on how many trees you expect, is a quick ten minute walk up a half dozen blocks west of the Itagui metro station or an even quicker ride on one of the continuous stream of buses labeled “Parque Itagui.”

The city’s principle park received a portion of the $14 million Itagui’s government allocated to improve parks last year in a beautification project intended also to increase the park’s security, particularly during the nighttime hours.

The park is now an attractive and clean public space in Itagui’s city center complete with palm trees, flower gardens, a picturesque Antioquian church at its eastern end and a statue of northern South America’s greatest historical hero, Simon Bolivar on the other. The statue is surrounded by a timed water fountain that is both eye catching and powerful, ready to sprinkle those who wish to sit too close with a refreshing mist.

In many ways Itagui Park is a model of Colombia’s third smallest municipality, bustling with foot traffic and those who wish to relax, surrounded by characteristic Paisa bars and restaurants.  Hundreds of people enjoy themselves in a relatively small area much as the nearly quarter million Itaguians make their lives in the condensed city.

The city’s new park beautification projects have paralleled reductions in violence and crime in a city proud of its recent improvements.

Itagui Park

Sources

  • Itagui (Wikipedia)
  • Los grandes hechos de cambio (Itagui Government)
  • Cierran parque de Itagüí por obras  (El Mundo)
Colombia Reports relies on your financial support. Please become our patron and support independent reporting from Colombia.
The future of Colombia Reports is under threat. The country's largest independent news website needs your help. Please become our patron.
AntioquiaItaguiMedellinMedellin parks and plazastourism

Trending

  • Colombia’s state forces apparently involved in ‘orchestrated terror’ campaign against citizens

  • Who in Colombia is taking part in national strike and why

  • Colombia denies militarization as soldiers take Bogota ahead of anti-government protests

Weekly interviews and news updates

Related articles

  • Medellin releases ‘mafia boss who wanted to kill mayor’ over lack of evidence

  • Mass displacement in northern Colombia amid ‘paramilitary siege,’ ‘military combat with FARC dissidents’

  • Medellin police attack students hours after mayor praises peaceful anti-government protests

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • RSS

@2008-2019 - Colombia Reports. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by Digitale Zaken and Parrolabs


Back To Top