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La Candelaria: A Historical and Cultural Guide for Travelers Seeking the Soul of Medellín
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La Candelaria: A Historical and Cultural Guide for Travelers Seeking the Soul of Medellín
La Candelaria is the historical heart of Medellín. Founded in 1649, this neighborhood was the original nucleus from which the city grew. In April 2026, it remai
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Medellín's Textile Factories: The Rise and Fall of an Industry
The history of textile factories in Medellín began in the mid-19th century when the city started to establish itself as an industrial center. The first major te
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Invisible Neighborhoods: The Micro-Communities Within Medellín That Even Locals Don't Know
Beyond El Poblado and Laureles, Medellín hides neighborhoods that are complete worlds in miniature. These corners, where time seems to have stood still, hold st
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Medellín Beyond the Center: A Route Through Its Charming Towns and Corregimientos
Medellín is known for its vibrant urban life, but just a few hours away, you can find towns and corregimientos that offer a unique charm. If you have a free day
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The Last Auto Parts Stores: Chronicle of a Dying Trade
If you walk today along Carrera 50 with Calle 87, in the Aranjuez neighborhood of Medellín, the first thing that hits you is not the noise of cars, but the sile
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Aranjuez: The Industrial Bronx That Mutated into an Art Workshop
If you get on the metro at the Aranjuez station and walk a few blocks east, the change is almost violent. You go from a neighborhood of low houses smelling of s
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Aranjuez: The Architecture That Defies Time
If you walk along Calle 87 between Carreras 45 and 46, time stands still. The facades of the republican-style houses, with their wooden windows, wrought-iron ba
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The Murals That Speak: Street Art in Aranjuez
If you walk through Aranjuez with your eyes wide open, you will realize that the walls speak. It is not a poetic metaphor: here the murals tell stories of resis
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Conquistadores: The 1970s Bread Route
In the barrio Conquistadores, north of Medellín, the smell of freshly baked bread is not a childhood memory: it is a reality that wakes the neighbors up from 3
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The Graffiti That Heals: Art in Conquistadores
In Medellín, a neighborhood's story is sometimes written with bricks, sometimes with cement, and other times —like in Conquistadores— with spray paint. But not
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Spare Parts Stores: The Hidden Treasure of the Neighborhood
If you've ever needed a carburetor for a Renault 4, a taillight for an 80s Mazda 626, or a door handle that no one makes anymore, you know that going to an offi
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Dirt Football Fields: The Pulse of the Neighborhood
If you have ever walked through the Conquistadores neighborhood, in comuna 7 of Medellín, on a Sunday at 9 in the morning, you know the air has a different smel
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