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Highlights include Carrera 13 and the UGI Building, Carrera 5 / Barrio La Macarena, Chorro de Quevedo, Church of San Francisco, Eje Ambiental, Giordano Bruno Monument.

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  1. Carrera 13 and the UGI Building: story on the “Chapinero and Quinta Camacho: How Bogotá's North Took Shape” route

    This stop explains why engineers needed to make the weight of office floors travel upward first.

  2. Carrera 5 / Barrio La Macarena: story on the “Central Bogotá: museums, La Macarena, and La Perseverancia” route

    The second-floor window will explain why nightlife venues began giving way to restaurants and galleries.

  3. Chorro de Quevedo: story on the “La Candelaria: Gold and Power” route

    The final stop will explain how the landowner’s surname outlived the old fountain and its stone statue.

  4. Church of San Francisco: story on the “La Candelaria: Gold and Power” route

    The main retablo retains the trace of a long commission that passed from one master to another.

  5. Eje Ambiental: story on the “Bogotá and Monserrate: From the Center to the Eastern Hills” route

    Here, the avenue's curve and the fate of the river left beneath urban improvements will become clear.

  6. Giordano Bruno Monument: story on the “Chapinero and Quinta Camacho: How Bogotá's North Took Shape” route

    The final stop will separate the inscription on the pedestal from the more complex history of the man and the park itself.

  7. Hippies Park: story on the “Chapinero and Quinta Camacho: How Bogotá's North Took Shape” route

    Here, the popular name will prove more enduring than two official dedications.

  8. Independence Park: story on the “Central Bogotá: museums, La Macarena, and La Perseverancia” route

    One surviving kiosk remains as a witness to the jubilee at which the country displayed its own industry.

  9. Journalists' Park: story on the “Bogotá and Monserrate: From the Center to the Eastern Hills” route

    A newspaper episode will show how checking one testimony brought an editorial office into conflict with the military regime.

  10. La Perseverancia District Market: story on the “Central Bogotá: museums, La Macarena, and La Perseverancia” route

    At a market stall, the story of how one successful lunch brought visitors back to an old working-class neighborhood comes to an end.

  11. Lourdes Square and the Basilica: story on the “Chapinero and Quinta Camacho: How Bogotá's North Took Shape” route

    This stop will show how an unfinished church became the center of the neighborhood and renamed the surrounding space.

  12. Manzana Cultural: Museo Botero and Casa de Moneda: story on the “La Candelaria: Gold and Power” route

    Former industrial and church buildings will be joined into a district created for one private collection.

  13. Monserrate Funicular and Cable Car Station: story on the “Bogotá and Monserrate: From the Center to the Eastern Hills” route

    The first mountain railway will show how a technical breakthrough immediately divided pilgrims by means.

  14. Monserrate Walking Trail: story on the “Bogotá and Monserrate: From the Center to the Eastern Hills” route

    The ascent connects the present-day road with the monastic plan for which materials were carried on people’s backs.

  15. Museo del Oro: story on the “La Candelaria: Gold and Power” route

    This stop will show how objects intended for melting down became a collection that required its own building.

  16. Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá (MAMBO): story on the “Central Bogotá: museums, La Macarena, and La Perseverancia” route

    The brick floors will help explain how much personal risk a permanent building cost the museum.

  17. National Museum of Colombia: story on the “Central Bogotá: museums, La Macarena, and La Perseverancia” route

    The corner guard towers will link the museum collection to the night after which the prison had to be altered.

  18. Plaza Cultural La Santamaría: story on the “Central Bogotá: museums, La Macarena, and La Perseverancia” route

    The circular stands show how a spectacle became a test of the owner’s financial standing and the audience’s political loyalty.

  19. Plaza de Bolívar: story on the “La Candelaria: Gold and Power” route

    The main square becomes the scene where market day ended with the creation of an autonomous governing council.

  20. Plazoleta del Rosario and Claustro del Rosario: story on the “La Candelaria: Gold and Power” route

    Here it will become clear why the old college had to be defended from the order even after its founder's death.

  21. Primatial Cathedral of Colombia: story on the “La Candelaria: Gold and Power” route

    The cathedral will show how the remains of the city's founder were turned into a municipal monument and then returned to a church chapel.

  22. Quinta Camacho Neighborhood: story on the “Chapinero and Quinta Camacho: How Bogotá's North Took Shape” route

    This stop explains the homes’ overall appearance through the rules the heirs set down for plot buyers.

  23. Quinta de Bolívar: story on the “Bogotá and Monserrate: From the Center to the Eastern Hills” route

    The surviving dining room provides a tangible trace of an alliance that ended in trial and exile.

  24. Santander Park: story on the “La Candelaria: Gold and Power” route

    Here, a family decision will collide with sanitary reform, and a private house will give its name to a city square.

  25. Señor Caído Sanctuary: story on the “Bogotá and Monserrate: From the Center to the Eastern Hills” route

    The main altar explains why a secondary figure displaced Monserrate's original sacred image.

  26. Torres del Parque: story on the “Central Bogotá: museums, La Macarena, and La Perseverancia” route

    Open stairways will turn a dispute over ownership into a detail you can walk over.

  27. Viewing Platforms and Restaurants: story on the “Bogotá and Monserrate: From the Center to the Eastern Hills” route

    The final stop shows how the summit was adapted for strolling and how an entire house was moved here.

  28. Wilborada 1047: story on the “Chapinero and Quinta Camacho: How Bogotá's North Took Shape” route

    Here, the house number links a later career change, rescued books, and a new bookshop.

  29. Zona G: a Food District: story on the “Chapinero and Quinta Camacho: How Bogotá's North Took Shape” route

    This address will show how a risky restaurant helped shape an entire food district.