List of buildings in Bogotá

This is a list of important buildings in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia.

List

Colonial buildings
NameImageBuiltArchitectural styleArchitect(s)Belonged to the religious orderSourceLocation
Church of San Francisco1557-1566NeoclassicalFranciscans[1]
General information
Locationin the Veracruz neighborhood, on Avenida Jiménez with Carrera Séptima
Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé1604-1622PlateresqueArchbishop Bartolomé Lobo GuerreroJesuits[2]
General information
LocationPlaza de Bolívar, La Candelaria
Santa Clara Church Museum1629-1647Romanesque, BaroqueMatías de SantiagoPoor Clares[3]
General information
LocationCarrera 8 No. 8-91, Centro Histórico
Colonial Art Museum of Bogotáearly 17th centuryNeoclassicalJuan Bautista Coluccini[4]
General information
LocationCra. 6 ##9-77
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria1686-1703NeoclassicalDiego Sánchez de Montemayor[5]
General information
LocationCalle 11 with Carrera 4, in La Candelaria
Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá1807-1823 (fourth cathedral)NeoclassicalFriar Domingo de Petrés[6]
General information
LocationPlaza de Bolívar

Post-Colonial buildings
NameImageBuiltArchitectural styleArchitect(s)SourceLocation
Capitolio Nacional (it houses of the Congress of Colombia)1848-1926NeoclassicalDanish Thomas Reed[7]
General information
Locationin the southwest corner of Bogotá's Plaza de Bolívar
Coordinates4°35′51″N 74°04′35″W
Palacio Liévano (now it is the City Hall of Bogotá)1843-1907NeoclassicalFrench Gaston Lelarge[8]
General information
Locationon the western side of the Plaza de Bolívar
Coordinates4°35′54″N 74°04′36″W

References
  1. Alberto Escovar W. (2007). Bogotá Centro Histórico. Ediciones Gamma S.A. p. 65. ISBN 978-9589308950.
  2. "Home | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana". www.javeriana.edu.co (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  3. "Adoración de santa Clara y santa Teresa al Niño Jesús obispo". Colonial Art Museum of Bogotá.
  4. "Colonial Art Museum of Bogotá website".
  5. Lorenzo Fonseca (1984). Arquitectura colombiana.
  6. Archive of Bogotá - General Secretariat. "Historia de Bogotá. La azarosa fundación de Bogotá". Bogotá Mayor's Office.
  7. Carmen María Jaramillo (2005). Arte, política y crítica: una aproximación a la consolidación del arte moderno en Colombia. Univ. Nacional de Colombia. p. 53. ISBN 978-958-97649-1-6.
  8. Benjamin Villegas (1 January 2003). Bogota: From the Air. Villegas Asociados. pp. 193–. ISBN 978-958-8156-22-4.
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