Cerros de Bogotá / direction, design and edition, Benjamín Villegas ; photography, Cristóbal von Rothkirch ; research and essays, Research Center, Faculty of Architecture, CIFA, Los Andes University ; introduction, Enrique Peñalosa Londoño.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Villegas Jiménez, Benjamín.

Rothkirch, Cristóbal von

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Cerros de Bogotá. English.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Natural history.

Uplands.

Bogotá (Colombia)--History.

Bogotá (Colombia).

Bogotá (Colombia)--Pictorial works.

Uplands--Colombia--Bogotá--Pictorial works.

Natural history--Colombia--Bogotá--Pictorial works.

Colombia--Bogotá.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

285 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Bogotá, D.C., Colombia] : Villegas Editores, [2000]

Summary:

At 10,000 feet, the Eastern Ridges (Cerros Orientales) of the city Bogota are a dominant feature of the city's landscape. These mountains are an integral part of the public space of the city and influence its culture as directly as any river or ocean shoreline. This book presents them in a new way, one that recognizes their remarkable natural features and appreciates their enormous ecological potential. On foot, and at times from the air, it allows us to enter into a world that conserves a remarkable amount of High Andean tropical vegetation and wildlife within an urBan area of 7 million. This book aims to encourage a much-needed reappraisal of these ridges, regarded as sacred by the indigenous Muisca society, and still a natural wonder for visitors and the residents of Bogota.

Notes:

Translation of: Cerros de Bogotá.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9589393853

OCLC:

53117311