Type Residential Architectural 72 m (236 ft) Opened 1977 Construction started 1974 | Completed 1977 Floor count 21 Floors 21 | |
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Location Carrera 2 #16a-38, Bogotá, Colombia Elevation 2,618 metres (8,589 ft) | ||
The Torres Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ("Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Towers") is a residential complex composed of five towers of equal height in the centre of the Colombian capital Bogotá. The buildings are situated in the neighbourhood (barrio) Las Aguas, in the northeast of La Candelaria.
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Etymology
The towers are named after the Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, who after the expedition into the Andes and conquest of the Muisca was the first governor of the New Kingdom of Granada and the founder of Bogotá on August 6, 1538.
Description
The Torres Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada were constructed as part of the urbanization project in the late 1960s and 1970s. They are locates in the centre of Bogotá; the locality La Candelaria. The complex of the five residential towers, each 72 metres (236 ft) in height, consists of 390 apartments, next to the Universidad de los Andes. The towers are the highest buildings in the historical centre of the Colombian capital.
At the base of the towers, a mural has been drawn.