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our universities more representative

the best university in our country:

the UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL OF COLOMBIA-headquarters-Medellín

The Universidad Nacional of Colombia Sede Medellín has two campuses which are: Central Campus and Campus Robledo in studying some 10,447 students. This site offers approximately 29% of the seats for new students nationwide. Central Campus, UN headquarters MedellínCampus Central: Located northwest of downtown, between Cerro el Volador Ecopark and the Medellin River. It is since 1938 the headquarters of the National University of Colombia in Medellin where the School of Tropical Agriculture (now the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences) joined the University. The Central Campus is made up of the Core The Flying which has an area of 272,982 m², the Core River having an area of 31,758 m² and a portion of the Cerro El Volador of about 269,257 m² which belongs to the University. Campus Robledo, UN headquarters MedellínSe highlights the Entomological Museum founded in 1937, the Museum of Mycology created in 1987, the Herbarium "Gabriel Gutierrez," the Xylotheque, the Central Library "Efe Gómez" as attractive artistic and architectural highlights, the totem Mythic created by Maestro Pedro Nel Gómez, the Block 41 declared a Cultural Nation, designed by Engineer Jesus Montoya Mejía which began in 1931 Block 11 is designed by Maestro Pedro Nel Gómez. Campus Robledo Robledo Also called core or more colloquially as the School of Mines, located at the northwestern city of Medellin, in the neighborhood Robledo, consists of three fields separated by Race 80, which has a high vehicular traffic difficult pedestrian connection between the lots that make up the physical structure of the School of Mines, and Ingeominas, recently integrated into the University. It has an area of 100,978.69 square meters. In 1886 he created the School of Mines where he joined the University in 1936, today is the National School of Mines and has approximately 3,500 students. It highlights the Museum of Geosciences, buildings Aula Magna (block M5) and the Bloque M3 designed by Maestro Pedro Nel Gómez for the School of Mines in 1936. Declared National Monument in 1994 thanks to its architectural features and murals done by the same Pedro Nel Gómez. Block 41 declared a Cultural Nation, Central Campus, located in Medellin MedellínLa University has 5 faculties of schools offer 25 races, nearly half of them are engineering from the Faculty of Mines, also has three museums and other services .

The Universidad of Antioquia

Since the late fifties Antioquia University began its transition from a traditional college and elite, to a modern mass transformation closely related to the creation of the Colombian Association of Universities (ASCUN) and with financial support and scientific of the Rockefeller, Kellogg and Ford, whose objectives were to modernize and massification of higher education, to strengthen the national development process. Not only increased the number of students and teachers, but he offered the youth a greater variety of training options. A traditional careers, and the newly created (public health, journalism, library science, languages, veterinary medicine and animal husbandry), joined in later years a large number of races as bacteriology and clinical laboratory, art, biology, physics, mathematics, physical education, social work, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, linguistics and literature, history and biblical studies, among others. At present, the University of Antioquia offers a total of 72 undergraduate programs at its headquarters located in Medellin and its regional headquarters, also of 121 postgraduates, including specializations, master's and doctoral degrees. It has about 1,200 full-time faculty, about 280 teachers and 1,600 occasional chair, which provide educational services to an estimated 28,000 students. It has 143 research groups in the most diverse branches of science, of which 30 have reached the status of excellence, consolidated, and its advances in research have been recognized and awarded at national and international levels.

the transformation of the city with the games

Medellin City transformed to improve its sports plaques to host thousands of athletes from all over South America, the Atanasio Girardot stadium is the wider arena, in which the concentration of tourism and cultural exchanges is expected, are a great addition to our community.

ThE NiNtH SoUtH AmErIcAn GaMeS

The Ninth South American Games take place next year, from 19 to 30 March in Medellin and eight other municipalities in the department of Antioquia and Bogota will be presented Sept. 15.

The town of Bello, Copacabana, Envigado, Guarne, Guatape, Itaguí, Riosucio and Sabaneta, as they prepare their sets and advance organizational aspects for the realization of the international sports tournament in the area.

The sporting event of the South American continent, will bring together over three thousand athletes in 31 sports: Athletics, badminton, basketball, handball, baseball, bowling, BOXING, CANOEING, CYCLING, HORSE, ESRIMA, water ski, football, gymnastics, judo, karate, weightlifting, wrestling, swimming, skating, Rowing, Softball, Squash, Taekwondo, tennis , TABLE TENNIS, ARCHERY, shooting, triathlon, sailing, volleyball.

It is the first time Colombia made the tournament. The eight were in previous versions: 1978: La Paz, 1982, Rosario, 1986, Santiago de Chile, 1990, Lima, 1994, Valencia Venezuela, 1998 Cuenca, Ecuador; 2002, Brazil 2006, Buenos Aires. The best figuration of Colombia was in 1994 and 1998 when it occupied the second position, and in 2006 in Buenos Aires captured third place tie with Brazil in Medell gold (97).

Other actions in Colombia are: Rosario Eighth, tenth in Santiago deChile. He did not participate in the Games of La Paz, Lima and Brazil.

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MuSeUmS

The Museum of Antioquia

There are more than a dozen fine museums in Medellin. The Museo de Antioquia, located in the heart of Centro, is one of the most popular!

A few of the many permanent galleries include: Pre Hispanic, Colonial and Republican, Murals, Photographs, National Artists, International Artists, Sculptures, Contemporary, etc., and the most visited gallery: Botero.





The Medellin Museum of Modern Art

Located just five minutes from the center of the city, and a few blocks from the METRO Station-SURAMERICANA, the Museo de Arte Moderno was founded in 1980.
Pictures, sculptures, photographs plus other forms and works of modern art created by Colombian and international artists of acclaim, are on display in expansive salons featuring both artificial and natural light.

The Museum provides a permanent collection from world-famous artists such as: Debora Arango, Enrique Grau, Leonel Gongora, Manuel Hernandez, Olga Almaral, Beatriz Gonzalez, and Hugo Zapate.

The Medellin Interactive Museum

The Museum seeks to create a better understanding of the discovery, evolution, advancement and utilization of the sciences toward improvement in the lives of humankind. In teaching the sciences, interactive education is the second leg of effective communications: Tell about it. Do it. Review it.

The Museum staff incorporated 3-D digital animations, state of the art audio systems, interactive games, and a hi-tech A-V Hall (audio-visual),for movie projection. The overriding theme, which is repeated throughout the Museum, is Science, Nature and Conservation. The investment in The Future Pavilion, by EPM, was 2,630 million Pesos, or about $1,127.100. U.S.

FeStIvAlS

January / February
Bullfights in Medellin

Where: La Macarena Stadium
Saturday for six weeks with two special evening events.
Overview: Every year at the end of January and the beginning of February, Spain comes to Medellin, and the very best Matadors in the world come to show off their skills in the beautifully restored Macarana stadium.
Every afternoon for six Saturdays the party revolves around the Macarana stadium and spills over into the streets, bars and restaurants of the Zona Rosa. The city is filled with spectators from all over the world and many places put on special events during the festival.


March / April
Easter /Holy Week

Where: La Macarena Stadium
Saturday for six weeks with two special evening events.
Overview: The Holy Week of Easter is the most important Catholic religious festival in South America. Semana Santa, Holy Week, celebrates the last days of Christ's life, the Crucifixion and Resurrection, as well as the end of Lent. Semana Santa is observed with a range of celebrations, from the most solemnly religious, to a mix of pagan/Catholic, to commercial. There is a four day long weekend in Medellin so it's party time!!


July
ColombiaMODA

Where: Centro Internacional de Convenciones Plaza Mayor
Overview: Colombiamoda is the most important annual fashion event in South America, presenting around 450 Colombian and international exhibitors in the Centro Internacional de Convenciones Plaza Mayor in Medellín. Visitors are expected from all over Latin America, Europe, the United States and the Far East.
Colombiamoda, organised by fashion promoter Inexmoda, has taken place every year since 1990. This year there are products shown for men, women, teens and children in formal, casual, underwear, sportswear and swimwear, as well as supplies for fashion dealers, machinery and all the other services related to the sector. A host of related events take place alongside the fair, including daily catwalk shows.

July
The International Poetry Festival in Medellin

Where: The Universtiy of Antioquia - Along with many smaller open street venues
The rapid progression of the Festival's growth (which is directly related with the number and quality of the more than 747 participant poets representing 131 countries of the five continents, added to the great public attendance to all the Festival's acts) and by other side the consolidation of publications, poet's organizations and international poetry festivals in the world, can anticipate a bigger influence of poetry in human society.

August
The Flower Festival


Where: Throughout all of Medellín
Overview: The centre of Medellin bursts into flames of colour and a delicious bouquet of sweet smells during the Flower Fair, the city's most important cultural event.
Colombia is famous for its flowers and exports them all over the world. This annual celebration has been going strong since 1957 and is always held during the first two weeks in August






December / January
The Festival of Christmas Lights

Where: Throughout all of Medellín
Overview: The Christmas lights decorating Medellin, make it the most beautiful Latin American city in South America over the Christmas holidays. The lights are illuminated from mid December to mid January. The most impressive parts are centered around the Rio Medellin at the 'puente de Guayaquil'. Large statues made of lights can be found throughout the city.



December
Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia Festival the Cinema

Where: Carrera 51 No. 52-03 Palacio de la Cultura, Of. 313
Tel: (57-4) 251 6888 Telefax: 513 3653 Medellín, Colombia
Telefax: (57-4) 853 3988 Santa Fe de Antioquia
Overview: For all you lovers of cinema there are two annual film festivals in the town of Santa Fe de Antioquia. Take a tour of this incredible town with its Colonial style architecture which has been preserved in time with its vertiable maze of cobbled stone streets. It features one of the world's first suspension bridges in all of Colombia.