Hotel Tequendama
| Hotel Tequendama | |
|---|---|
 Hotel Tequendama at night, aerial view | |
  Location of Hotel Tequendama in Bogotá | |
| Etymology | Muysccubun |
| General information | |
| Status | In use |
| Address | Carrera 10 #26-21 |
| Town or city | Bogotá |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Coordinates | 4°36′46″N 74°4′22″W / 4.61278°N 74.07278°W |
| Elevation | 2,598 metres (8,524 ft) |
| Construction started | 1952 |
| Completed | 1953 |
| Inaugurated | 17 May 1953 |
| Owner | Sercotel |
| Height | 70 metres (230 ft) |
| Designations | Hotel |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 573 |
The Hotel Tequendama is a historic hotel located in central Bogotá, Colombia.
History
The hotel is a national monument in the capital of Colombia. It was inaugurated as the Hotel Tequendama Intercontinental, part of the Intercontinental Hotels chain, with a banquet on May 17, 1953.[1] Between 1959 and 1962, a new wing was added that doubled the hotel's capacity.[2] In the hotel lobby, a mural depicting the deities of the Muisca religion, has been painted by Luis Alberto Acuña.[3]
The 5-star hotel forms part of the Centro Internacional Tequendama complex constructed between 1950 and 1982,[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] During the 1980s, Pablo Escobar celebrated festivities in the hotel.[7]
In January 2007, after being an InterContinental for 53 years, the hotel was rebranded to InterContinental's business-class brand as the Crowne Plaza Tequendama Bogota.[8] In January 2016, the hotel left the InterContinental chain completely and began operating as an independent hotel.[9]
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".[10]
Gallery
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View of the hotel -
Hotel view with TransMilenio bus -
Hotel Tequendama to the left, Avenida Calle 26 and Monserrate in the background -
Mural of the Muisca deities in the lobby of the hotel
See also
References
- ^ Template:Es El Hotel Tequendama de aniversario - El Tiempo
- ^ Template:Es Ciudad y arquitectura moderna en Colombia - 1950-1970
- ^ Template:Es Hotel Tequendama - Un mundo de fantasmas - El Tiempo
- ^ Fontana & Mayorga, 2008, p.99
- ^ Fontana & Mayorga, 2013, p.58
- ^ Template:Es Edificios más altos de Colombia
- ^ Murcia Piraquive, 2010, p.66
- ^ https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4028798.html
- ^ http://www.reportur.com/colombia/2016/01/26/tequendama-finalizan-contrato-con-ihg-que-operaba-con-crown-plaza/
- ^ Template:Es Etymology Tequendama
"In Bogota" - Joan Didion, _The White Album_
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