Title: Historia del Hospital San Juan de Dios de Bogotá /
Authors: Romero Isaza, María Claudia.; Zambrano Caicedo, Mónica.; Darío Cárdenas, Miguel.
Date: 2008
Publisher: Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá,
Physical description: 149 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, plans ; 23 cm
Language: Spanish
LC class: R
Abstract: The book recovers a part of the urban development of Bogotá through the architectural history of the hospital of San Juan de Dios, covering the hospitality constructions that started as a colonial monastic hospice managed by the Order of San Juan de Dios, turned into the 19th century more formal hospitality complex and transformed in the mid-20th century into the modernistic Parque Hospital that included specialized pavilions. The hospital was definitively closed in 2001. Includes texts by Maria Clara Romero Isaza, associate professor of the National University of Colombia and master students Mónica Zambrano Caicedo and Miguel Darío Cárdenas.