León de Greiff Library, also known as La Ladera Parque Biblioteca (English: Hillside Library Park),[2] is an architecturally renowned library park in Medellín, Colombia. It is named after the poet Leon de Greiff and designed by architect Giancarlo Mazzanti.
| León de Greiff Library | |
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| 6°15′04″N 75°33′12″W / 6.251202261426748°N 75.55323768926982°W | |
| Location | Medellin, Colombia |
| Type | public Library |
| Established | February 2007[1] |
History
editLeón de Greiff Library stands on the site where a late 19th century monastery was transformed into La Ladera prison, which at one point housed over one thousand prisoners.[3]
References
edit- ^ Manuela Agudo Catalán (2008). El romanticismo en Aragón (1838-1854): literatura, prensa y sociedad. Universidad de Zaragoza. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-84-7733-137-7. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ Felipe Hernández; Felipe Hern?ndez (2010). Beyond Modernist Masters: Contem Porary Architecture in Latin America. Springer. pp. 151–. ISBN 978-3-0346-0495-6. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ Robert Hodum (10 April 2012). Conversations on la Playa: A Gringo's Tales of Medellín. iUniverse. pp. 317–. ISBN 978-1-4697-7169-4. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
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