Phone +57 1 3823000 Owner Congress of Colombia | Architectural style Neoclassical architecture Architect Thomas Reed | |
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Address Carrera 7, Cl. 10, Bogotá, Colombia Hours Closed now Wednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday8AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PM Similar Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá, Bolívar Square, Casa de Nariño, Tabernacle Chapel, Gold Museum - Bogotá | ||
Cr nica capitolio nacional
Capitolio Nacional (or National Capitol) is a building on Bolivar Square in central Bogotá, the construction of which began in 1876, by order of president Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera. The building was finished in 1926. It houses both houses of the Congress of Colombia. It was designed by Thomas Reed.
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Recorrido virtual por el capitolio nacional sede del congreso de la rep blica
Murals
In 1938, Ignacio Gómez Jaramillo painted two murals for the Capitolio Nacional in Bogotá.
In 1947 for the Inter American Conference, Master Santiago Martínez Delgado painted a majestic mural under commission of the then director of the OEA, Honorable Alberto Lleras Camargo and Conference organizer the Honorable Laureano Gómez, two men who later became Presidents of Colombia. This mural of the Elliptic chamber National Congress Building, made in the fresco style, represents Bolivar and Santander exiting the Cucuta congress during the creation of the Great Colombia. The mural is considered the most important fresco in the country and the artist's main masterpiece.