Etymology Muysccubun Town or city Bogotá Construction started 1952 | Status In use Country Colombia Phone +57 1 3822900 | |
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Elevation 2,598 metres (8,524 ft) Address Cra. 10 #26-21, Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia | ||
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Hotel Tequendama is a Crowne Plaza 5-star hotel located in central Bogotá, Colombia. It was constructed in 1952 and 1953 and is a national monument in the capital of Colombia. The hotel was inaugurated with a banquet on May 17, 1953. Between 1959 and 1962, a duplication of its capacity took place. In the hotel lobby, a mural depicting the deities of the Muisca religion, has been painted by Luis Alberto Acuña.
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Hotel tequendama bogota
Etymology
Tequendama is a word derived from the Chibcha language of the Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna in the times before the Spanish conquest. It means "he who precipitates downward".
Description
The 5-star hotel forms part of the Centro Internacional Tequendama complex constructed between 1950 and 1982, and is considered a national monument in Bogotá. Between 1947 and 1959, the architects Le Corbusier and Wiener-Sert participated in the design of the Tequendama central complex. It hosts 537 rooms, a spa, convention centre and various other amenities. With 70 metres (230 ft), it is the seventy-fifth tallest building in Colombia and 33rd tallest in Bogotá. During the 1980s, Pablo Escobar celebrated festivities in the hotel.