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Sculpture Park (Nutibara)
Sculpture Park (Spanish: ''Parque de las Esculturas'') is a sculpture garden at the foot of Nutibara Hill in Medellín, Colombia and the first of its kind in the country. The park contains 10 modern and abstract sculptures by famous Colombian and international artists such as Edgar Negret (Colombia), :de:Otto Herbert Hajek, Otto Herbert Hajek (Germany), and Sergio de Camargo (Brazil). Its closest Medellín Metro, metro station is Industriales. The park is free to the public and is open from 6 am to midnight. History Sculpture Park was created in 1983 on the initiative of former Colombian President Belisario Betancur Cuartas, who wanted to turn the area into an important cultural center. In a record time of 15 days in December 1983, invited artists gave life to one of the most ambitious cultural projects in the city. The Museum of Modern Art of Medellin coordinated the installation of a permanent display of sculptures made by 10 national and international artists to be installed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cacique Nutibara-obra De Jose Horacio Betancur
A ''cacique'' (Latin American ; ; feminine form: ''cacica'') was a tribal chieftain of the Taíno people, the indigenous inhabitants at European colonization of the Americas, European contact of the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. The term is a Spanish language, Spanish transliteration of the Taíno language, Taíno word ''kasike''. Cacique was initially translated as "king" or "prince" for the Spanish. In the colonial era the conquistadors and the administrators who followed them used the word generically, to refer to any leader of practically any indigenous group they encountered in the Western Hemisphere. In Hispanic and Lusophone countries, the term also has come to mean a political boss, similar to ''caudillo,'' exercising power in a system of ''caciquismo''. Spanish colonial-era caciques The Taíno language, Taíno word ''kasike'' descends from the Taíno word ''kassiquan'', which means "to keep house". In 1555 the word first entered t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
