El Parque del Centenario en Bogotá
Subtitle: transformación urbana, itinerario y significado
By: Hugo Delgadillo
Publisher: Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá; Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Bogotá
Language: spa
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9789587839326
Subjects: History; City planning
Description: There were numerous changes that Bogotá experienced in the last three decades of the 19th century, mostly associated with the idea of material progress, the consolidation of the national State and the image of hegemonic aesthetic ideas. In this context, the public space of the city was transformed into an extension of the daily life of urban life and the place of expression of new tastes and practices. The materialization of the Parque del Centenario was presented as part of the regenerative political project. Its location was due to a tribute of admiration and gratitude to the figure of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, on the commemoration of the first centenary of his birth in 1883. Its construction is inscribed in a period characterized by the desire to beautify the city, within a discourse that was part of the construction of a new image of the national State, which was reflected with the idea of establishing a beautiful, orderly and clean city. Include biographies of the members of the board of trustees of the Parque del Centenario and a timeline of the transformations done to the park from 1993 to 1958.

There were numerous changes that Bogotá experienced in the last three decades of the 19th century, mostly associated with the idea of material progress, the consolidation of the national State and the image of hegemonic aesthetic ideas. In this context, the public space of the city was transformed into an extension of the daily life of urban life and the place of expression of new tastes and practices. The materialization of the Parque del Centenario was presented as part of the regenerative political project. Its location was due to a tribute of admiration and gratitude to the figure of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, on the commemoration of the first centenary of his birth in 1883. Its construction is inscribed in a period characterized by the desire to beautify the city, within a discourse that was part of the construction of a new image of the national State, which was reflected with the idea of establishing a beautiful, orderly and clean city. Include biographies of the members of the board of trustees of the Parque del Centenario and a timeline of the transformations done to the park from 1993 to 1958.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-287)
Table of contents: title: Presentación; title: El uso de la memoria urbana; title: Introducción; title: Bogotá, la ciudad configurada entre lo viejo y lo nuevo; title: Antecedentes a la construcción del Parque del Centenario; title: San Diego y el Campo de Marte: la zona aledaña a la recoleta de San Diego; title: Aproximaciones a la conmemoración del natalicio del Padre de la Patria; title: Materialización del Parque del Centenario; title: El Parque como homenaje a la memoria del Libertador; title: El proceso de construcción del Parque; title: El Parque del Centenario como espacio de construcción de nuevos hábitos, procesos de sociabilidad y lugar de encuentro en la ciudad decimonónica; title: La representación de la naturaleza en el Parque del Centenario; title: Transformaciones y desaparición del Parque; title: Resistir al cambio; title: Epílogo; title: Anexos; title: Perfil de los miembros de la Junta del Parque del Centenario; title: Línea de tiempo de las transformaciones del Parque del Centenario.