Hotel Nutibara

Hotel Nutibara
Hotel Nutibara Conference Plaza
Former names Hotel Nutibara
General information
Location Plazuela Nutibara Calle 52A no. 50-46, Medellín, Colombia[1]
Country Colombia
Design and construction
Architect Paul Revere Williams
Website
hotelnutibara.com

Nutibara Plaza Conference Hotel, previously known simply as Hotel Nutibara, is a Colombian hotel located in Medellín, Colombia specifically in the city center, adjacent to Berrío Park station and tourist sites such as the Museum of Antioquia, the Rafael Uribe Uribe Palace of Culture, parks Berrío and Bolivar, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Basilica of Our Lady of Candelaria.[2]

Its name derives from a chief who inhabited the region, and name six of the lounges are related to Amerindian culture: Bochica, Tairona, Quimbaya, Katío, Bachué, and Nutabe.[3]

The hotel's restaurant is La Orquídea.[1]

History

Hotel Nutibara was designed by American architect Paul Williams, who was not well known in Medellín prior to this building.[4] Plans for a hotel in central Medellín were proposed in 1937, and Hotel Nutibara was established in 1945.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Nicholas Gill; Eliot Greenspan; Charlie O'Malley; Christie Pashby, Jisel Perilla, Neil Edward Schlecht, Shawn Blore, Alexandra de Vries (4 June 2010). Frommer's South America. John Wiley & Sons. p. 500. ISBN 978-0-470-90679-8. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
  2. 1 2 "Our Hotel". Hotel Nutibara (Official website).
  3. ↑ "Salones". Hotel Nutibara (in Spanish).
  4. ↑ Mercedes Lucia Vélez White (2003). Arquitectura contemporánea en Medellín. ITM. p. 73. ISBN 978-958-97283-4-5.

Coordinates: 6°15′08″N 75°34′02″W / 6.25222°N 75.56722°W / 6.25222; -75.56722


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