León de Greiff Library, also known as La Ladera Parque Biblioteca (English: Hillside Library Park),
is an architecturally renowned
library park in
Medellín,
Colombia. It is named after the poet
Leon de Greiff and designed by architect
Giancarlo Mazzanti
Giancarlo Mazzanti (born 1963) is a Colombian architect based in Bogota.
Mazzanti was born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1963. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Pontifical Xaverian University in Bogotá (Pontificia U ...
.
History
León 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.
References
Buildings and structures in Medellín
Culture in Medellín
Libraries in Colombia
Libraries established in 2007
2007 establishments in Colombia
Education in Medellín
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