Hotel Nutibara
| Hotel Nutibara | |
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Hotel Nutibara Conference Plaza | |
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| Former names | Hotel Nutibara |
| General information | |
| Location | Plazuela Nutibara Calle 52A no. 50-46, Medellín, Colombia[1] |
| Country | Colombia |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Paul Revere Williams |
Nutibara Plaza Conference Hotel, previously known simply as Hotel Nutibara, is a Colombian hotel located in Medellín, Colombia specifically in the city center, adjacent to Berrío Park station and tourist sites such as the Museum of Antioquia, the Rafael Uribe Uribe Palace of Culture, parks Berrío and Bolivar, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Basilica of Our Lady of Candelaria.[2]
Its name derives from a chief who inhabited the region, and name six of the lounges are related to Amerindian culture: Bochica, Tairona, Quimbaya, Katío, Bachué, and Nutabe.[3]
The hotel's restaurant is La Orquídea.[1]
History
Hotel Nutibara was designed by American architect Paul Williams, who was not well known in Medellín prior to this building.[4] Plans for a hotel in central Medellín were proposed in 1937, and Hotel Nutibara was established in 1945.[2]
References
- ^ a b Nicholas Gill; Eliot Greenspan; Charlie O'Malley; Christie Pashby; Jisel Perilla; Neil Edward Schlecht; Shawn Blore; Alexandra de Vries (4 June 2010). Frommer's South America. John Wiley & Sons. p. 500. ISBN 978-0-470-90679-8.
- ^ a b "Our Hotel". Hotel Nutibara (Official website).
- ^ "Salones". Hotel Nutibara (in Spanish).
- ^ Mercedes Lucia Vélez White (2003). Arquitectura contemporánea en Medellín. ITM. p. 73. ISBN 978-958-97283-4-5.
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