22 Sights in Medellín, Colombia (with Map and Images)

Barefoot Park is a zen-inspired public park in Medellín, Colombia. The park was funded by EPM and designed by architect Felipe Uribe de Bedout. The park includes a green area with gardens and bamboo, a sand area, and an area with water fountains. As suggested by its name, the park is playful in nature. Children and adults are encouraged to play in the park barefoot.

Wikipedia: Barefoot Park (EN)

The Parque de los Deseos is an urban park in the Colombian city of Medellín, created in order to relate the universe with people. Within its perimeter are located the Planetarium and the House of Music and in its vicinity are located the University of Antioquia, the Botanical Garden, the Explora Park, the North Park and the University Station of the metro.

Wikipedia: Parque de los Deseos (ES)

Comuna nº 6, Doce de Octubre is one of the 16 communes of the city of Medellín, capital of the Department of Antioquia. It is located in the northwestern area. It is bordered on the north by the municipality of Bello; on the east by Commune No. 5 Castilla; to the south by Commune No. 7 Robledo, and to the west by the township of San Cristóbal. Its urban distribution is characterized by being a spontaneous, unplanned formation. [citation needed]

Wikipedia: Doce de Octubre (Medellín) (ES)

The Museum of Geosciences is a university museum located in the city of Medellín - Colombia. It belongs to the Faculty of Mines of the National University of Colombia and serves as academic support regarding Earth's sciences, facilitating and promoting researchers and the community in general free access to the world of minerals, fossils, fossils, fossils, The rocks, the land, its processes and resources.

Wikipedia: Museo de Geociencias (Medellín) (ES)

The Camilo Torres Restrepo University Theater is the theater hall of the University of Antioquia, it is located in block 23, in the Central Square of the University City in Medellín, Colombia. It was launched in 1969, it is integrated into the programs of the Cultural Extension of the Institution, being free of charge for students of the University of Antioquia.

Wikipedia: Teatro Universitario de la Universidad de Antioquia (ES), Website

The Museum of the University of Antioquia is a public cultural institution, attached to the Vice-Rectory of Extension of said University; its headquarters are located on the campus of the University of Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia.

Wikipedia: Museo Universitario Universidad de Antioquia (ES), Website

The Church of San Ignacio is a religious temple of Catholic worship that has San Ignacio de Loyola as its title, it is closely related to the San Ignacio Building and Cloister, which were part of the original set of buildings started by the Franciscan Order in 1803, being its promoter Fray Rafael de la Serna.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Ignacio (Medellín) (ES), Website

The Joaquin Antonio Uribe Botanical Garden of Medellín, more simply known as the Botanical Garden of Medellín, is a 14-hectare botanical garden in Medellín, Colombia. The botanical garden has 4,500 flowers and 139 recorded bird species. It has an important collection of orchids preserved in an architectural space called the "Orchideorama".

Wikipedia: Botanical Garden of Medellín (EN)

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín, officially the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception. It is located in the central zone of the Medellín (Colombia) in the Villanueva neighborhood on the north side of Bolívar Park. Additionally, the temple was formerly called and it is still known but to a lesser extent, as Villaneuva Cathedral, especially during its construction to distinguish it from the Basilica of Our Lady of Candelaria, which was the seat for the Episcopal see at the time.

Wikipedia: Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín (EN)

Nutibara Hill is a rocky hill formation located in the Colombian city of Medellin, in the geographic center of the Aburrá Valley and on the west bank of the Medellín River. It is one of the few ecosystems that is conserved in Medellín and is considered one of the city's seven "guardian" hills. The hill has a sculpture park, the open-air Carlos Vieco Auditorium, and the Pueblito Paisa a reproduction of the traditional Colombian township, amongst other sights. The hill is 80 meters tall and has an area of 333,300 m2. It is named after the indigenous Chief Nutibara.

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San Antonio Square is located in the downtown area of Medellín, Colombia, between Maturín and San Juan streets and Avenida Oriental. It is also known as San Antonio Park because its southern area is tree-lined. It has an area of 32,690 square meters and within its furnishings it has works by Fernando Botero. It is integrated with the church of San Antonio de Padua, built between 1884 and 1902, which has one of the largest domes in the country. In 1995 it was the target of a terrorist attack in which 29 people died.

Wikipedia: Plaza de San Antonio (Medellín) (ES)

The Jesús Emilio Ramírez González Planetarium of Medellín is a planetarium located in Medellín, Colombia and established on October 10, 1984. It was originally conceived by the Astronomical Society of the College of San José, led at that time by Brother Daniel, a renowned scientist, astronomer, and botanist. The purpose is that the planetarium is a space for the promotion of scientific and technological culture of citizens and mentality that encourages scientific and technological creativity. The museum is surrounded by a public space known as the Park of Wishes, which was designed by Felipe Uribe de Bedout to coordinate with the planetarium.

Wikipedia: Planetarium of Medellín (EN), Website, Opening Hours

The Metropolitan Regional Natural Park Cerro El Volador is the largest natural park located within the metropolitan area of Medellín, Colombia. The park comprises 106 hectares and also is one of the seven so-called "guardian hills" in the city. The park was recently renovated in 2014.

Wikipedia: El Volador hill (EN)

Parque Explora is an interactive science museum in Medellín, Colombia, loosely modeled after San Francisco's Exploratorium. It houses South America's largest freshwater aquarium, Explora Aquarium. The museum contains over 300 interactive attractions, as well as a 3D auditorium, planetarium, television studio, and vivarium. The museum opened in 2008.

Wikipedia: Parque Explora (EN), Website

The Teatro Lido is a Colombian theater located at the southeastern coast of Park of Bolívar, in Medellín. The theater began operating in 1945 and in 2007, after a methodical restoration was reopened, and is administered by the Mayor of Medellin. It has capacity for 1,100 spectators and offers a variety of programming throughout the year.

Wikipedia: Teatro Lido (EN)

Sculpture Park 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), Otto Herbert Hajek (Germany), and Sergio de Camargo (Brazil).

Wikipedia: Nutibara sculpture park (EN)

The Interactive Museum EPM is in Medellín, Colombia. It is part of the Barefoot Park and receives about a 1,000 visitors a day, mostly students. The museum provides an educational tour of 22 rooms spread over four buildings with technology explained in an entertaining way and guests interacting with the physical principles of water, energy, gas and telecommunications. It is funded and managed by Empresas Públicas de Medellín.

Wikipedia: Interactive Museum EPM (EN)

The University of Medellín Theater is a 1,702-seat theater, the largest in Medellín, Colombia. It has hosted national and international plays and shows. Entertainers such as Cats, Chespirito, Mayumaná, Emma Shapplin, Los Vivancos, Raphael, José Luis Perales, Paloma San Basilio, and Bajofondo have performed there.

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El Castillo Museum and Gardens is a Colombian museum in the El Poblado district of Medellín. It offers permanent exhibitions of objects in porcelain and glass, stained glass, antiques, paintings, and sculptures, among other things.

Wikipedia: El Castillo Museum (EN), Website

The man who creates energy is the name given to an 18-meter-high bronze and concrete sculpture, sculpted by the Colombian sculptor Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt, located since 1968 on the south side of the Central Square of the University City of Antioquia, in front of the University Museum. The sculpture depicts a man and a woman on the top of a concrete flower with their arms and hands outstretched upwards, and symbolizes "the new man, navigator of tomorrow, facing the sun, facing cosmic roads, amidst explosions, cataclysms and sidereal darkness."

Wikipedia: El hombre creador de energía (ES), Website

Parques del Río Medellín is a linear park located in the central area of the Colombian city of Medellín that integrates both banks of the Medellín River, which crosses the city from south to north. This work contemplates in its design the improvement of infrastructure, landscaping and vegetation, with the aim of becoming a metropolitan mobility corridor, and the main environmental and public space axis to encourage the meeting of citizens.

Wikipedia: Parques del Río Medellín (EN)

The Star Sower is a bronze sculpture sculpted by the Colombian sculptor Alonso Ríos Vanegas located in the University City of Medellín, specifically in front of the building of the Faculty of Engineering, of which it is a symbol. The sculpture represents a sower, with a basket full of stars in his left arm, and depositing one of them on the ground, with his right hand.

Wikipedia: El sembrador de estrellas (ES), Website