Monument sights in Medellín
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La Gorda
Thanks to a local law that requires major new buildings to include public art, central Medellín can seem like a vast, outdoor art gallery. Besides the Plazoleta de las Escultras, you can see Botero's massive bronze woman's torso known as La Gorda, in front of the Banco de la República in Parque Berrío. There are also three more Botero sculptures in the Parque San Antonio.
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Pájaro de Paz
There are three Fernando Botero sculptures in the Parque San Antonio, including the Pájaro de Paz. Ironically, this work was seriously damaged by a bomb placed by unknown perpetrators, which also killed 23 people. As a vivid reminder of the city's hyper-violent episode, the damaged bird has been left untouched, though a new version now stands alongside it.
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Monumento a la Raza
The Monumento a la Raza tells the story of Antioquia in dramatically twisting metal. It’s set in the grounds of the Parque de la Luz (previously known as Plaza de Cisneros) amid a small forest of 24m-tall spiral lamps.
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Monumento a la Vida
Rodrigo Arenas Betancur's (1919–95), Colombia’s favorite designer of monuments, sinuous, 14m-high Monumento a la Vida was unveiled in 1974.
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