Hotel Tequendama

For other uses, see Tequendama (disambiguation).
Hotel Tequendama

Hotel Tequendama at night, aerial view
Location of Hotel Tequendama in Colombia
Etymology Muysccubun
General information
Status In use
Address Carrera 10 #26-21
Town or city Bogotá
Country  Colombia
Coordinates 4°36′46″N 74°4′22″W / 4.61278°N 74.07278°W / 4.61278; -74.07278Coordinates: 4°36′46″N 74°4′22″W / 4.61278°N 74.07278°W / 4.61278; -74.07278
Elevation 2,598 metres (8,524 ft)
Construction started 1952
Inaugurated 17 May 1953
Owner Sercotel
Height 70 metres (230 ft)
Designations Hotel
Other information
Number of rooms 573
Website
Official website

Hotel Tequendama is a Crowne Plaza 5-star hotel located in central Bogotá, Colombia. It was constructed in 1952 and 1953 and is a national monument in the capital of Colombia. The hotel was inaugurated with a banquet on May 17, 1953.[1] Between 1959 and 1962, a duplication of its capacity took place.[2] In the hotel lobby, a mural depicting the deities of the Muisca religion, has been painted by Luis Alberto Acuña.[3]

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".[4]

Description

The 5-star hotel forms part of the Centro Internacional Tequendama complex constructed between 1950 and 1982,[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] During the 1980s, Pablo Escobar celebrated festivities in the hotel.[8]

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