León de Greiff Library

León de Greiff Library
Type Public Library
Established February 2007[1]
Location Medellin, Colombia

León de Greiff Library, also known as La Ladera Parque Biblioteca (English: Hillside Library Park),[2] is an architecturally renowned library park in Medellín, Colombia. It is named after the poet Leon de Greiff and designed by architect Giancarlo Mazzanti.

History

León de Greiff Library stands on the site where a late 19th century monastery was transformed into La Ladera prison, which at one point housed over one thousand prisoners.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Manuela Agudo Catalán (2008). El romanticismo en Aragón (1838-1854): literatura, prensa y sociedad. Universidad de Zaragoza. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-84-7733-137-7. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Felipe Hernández; Felipe Hern?ndez (2010). Beyond Modernist Masters: Contem Porary Architecture in Latin America. Springer. pp. 151–. ISBN 978-3-0346-0495-6. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Robert Hodum (10 April 2012). Conversations on la Playa: A Gringo's Tales of MedellíN. iUniverse. pp. 317–. ISBN 978-1-4697-7169-4. Retrieved 16 August 2013.


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