Hotel Tequendama

The Hotel Tequendama is a historic hotel located in central Bogotá, Colombia.

Hotel Tequendama
Hotel Tequendama at night, aerial view
Location of Hotel Tequendama in Bogotá
EtymologyMuysccubun
General information
StatusIn use
AddressCarrera 10 #26-21
Town or cityBogotá
Country Colombia
Coordinates4°36′46″N 74°4′22″W
Elevation2,598 metres (8,524 ft)
Construction started1952
Completed1953
Inaugurated17 May 1953
OwnerSercotel
Height70 metres (230 ft)
DesignationsHotel
Other information
Number of rooms573
Website
Official website

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]

See also

References

"In Bogota" - Joan Didion, _The White Album_

Bibliography

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