{"title":"Places","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOf course, Colombia holds a preeminent position at Villegas Editores. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Seen from a satellite, panoramic, sideways glance or secret. But also its National Natural Parks edited in formats that merit their immeasurable beauty, or Colombia in 360º, vertical or horizontal... \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 221px; top: 28.3698px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"gtx-trans-icon\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bogota-1900","title":"Bogotá 1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThis book reproduces the complete album of photographs of Bogotá that, at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, the great photographer Henri Duperly took, in his leisure time and in the exercise of personal photography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eDuperly's real job was photographing people in his studio and using those photographs on business cards of the day.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eIn 1894, after a journey that left his native Jamaica and passed through Panama, Barranquilla, Ocaña and part of Boyacá, Óscar Duperly and his son Henri established the English Photography HL Duperly \u0026 Son in Bogotá.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eFrom this experience with the camera, in front of a country that timidly entered the 20th century, this book is born that reveals in its images the architecture and daily life of Bogotá.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThe shots range from the surprising Wagner crossing the Tequendama Falls on a tightrope in 1895, to the shots of the National Capitol in full construction or the commercial streets of the capital at that time.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eDuperly records the important events of the turn of the century, such as the reception of General Rafael Reyes, hero of the 1895 war, or the burning of the Arrubla Galleries (the place where the Mayor's Office currently operates) in 1900. He walks the streets of commerce elegant as Florián or Avenida de la República, the alamedas near the central cemetery and makes a detailed panoramic study of the heart of the small but already elegant city: the Plaza de Bolívar.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThis is a historical, architectural and urban document but, above all, an endearing and privileged look at a city of barely one hundred thousand inhabitants, the nucleus of today's mega-city, which opens up to the 21st century in splendor.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31544379047994,"sku":"9789588818283","price":206000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/Bogota_1900.jpg?v=1705039075"},{"product_id":"bogota-360º-la-ciudad-interior","title":"Bogotá 360 The Inner City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align:inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align:inherit;\"\u003eIn this book, which offers us an unexpected exploration of Bogotá, we discover an unknown vision of the capital, a multifaceted reflection of its most precious landmarks.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cfont style=\"vertical-align:inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align:inherit;\"\u003eTaking advantage of the extraordinary possibilities of an innovative photographic camera —specially built for us—, which rotates on its axis, captures 360-degree panoramic views and modifies the aperture of the diaphragm to balance the interior spaces, this book, in an innovative landscape format, It shows us in a never before achieved way the entrails of forty-six of the most representative monuments of Bogotá, in the inspired images of the photographer Cristóbal von Rothkirch and the authorized texts of the historian Enrique Santos Molano.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31544379080762,"sku":"9789588156828","price":206000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/bogota360.jpg?v=1598895171"},{"product_id":"bogota-viva","title":"Bogotá Alive Photography","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align:inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align:inherit;\"\u003eAlso available in Spanish with the title:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/bogota-viva-ing\"title=\"Bogota Alive\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align:inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align:inherit;\"\u003eBogotá Viva\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/bogota-viva-ing\"title=\"Bogota Alive\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/bogotaviva_1216x1216_d8794479-ecf7-454b-9b69-b2ea1b065852_240x240.jpg?v=1597995091\"alt=\"\"style=\"display:block; 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To do this, it uses the innovative digital photographic technique HDR (High Dynamic Range), which allows fractional shots to be taken that are then integrated, without any distortion and in high definition, in a movement that in this case is horizontal. With a high dynamic range and exceptional light handling, the quality of playback is outstanding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31910038634554,"sku":"9789588818146","price":167000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/colombia-horizontes_8694b8ca-7081-47c4-ad7b-959064ac1c01.jpg?v=1784154632"},{"product_id":"costa-rica-pura-vida","title":"Costa Rica, Pure Life","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eAlso available in Spanish with the title:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/the-life-of-costa-rica\" title=\"Costa Rican life\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThe life of Costa Rica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/the-life-of-costa-rica\" title=\"Costa Rican life\"\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/costarica_240x240.jpg?v=1597993694\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eFew correspondences between name and reality are as exact as the one that occurs in the case of Costa Rica.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eEmerging from the same seabed in recent geological times and always populated by people of noble temperament and iron will, Costa Rica is an example among nations.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThere, plurality and tolerance are daily practices that \"reflected in an admirable real coexistence of races, creeds, ideologies and professions\" have allowed it to acquire its proverbial democratic character and the social stability that characterize it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThis book is dedicated to that exceptional country, a prodigious journey, captured in the endearing images of the Costa Rican photographer Gloria Calderón, who also wrote the texts that illustrate them and the essay that opens the volume.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31911520829498,"sku":"9789589698297","price":180000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/costa_rica_pura_vida.jpg?v=1598895195"},{"product_id":"el-encanto-de-bogota","title":"The Charm of Bogotá","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eDecades of years before anyone thought of publishing it, it was done by artisans who did not even remember their name, by ironsmiths who interposed their doors and windows between the street and domestic life, by gardeners who planted trees and pots of flowers, the carvers who designed the fountains and stones, the jewelers who set precious stones in impossible objects, the glass workers who made the great lamps and chandeliers, the weavers who made baskets or made rugs, the urban planners who laid the first streets, lying on the slopes of the hills and narrow as possible, to protect the people from the cold of the wasteland and the fear of ghosts.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eBecause this is the book of public space.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eLarge mansions and solemn interiors have no place here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThis is everyone's city, where we walk, where we are surprised by the twilights and the dawns.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eAnd although the landscape appears a little groomed (after all, it is a space inhabited by man), what is found here is, above all, a representation of the beings who have made the terrestrial city as an ideal of stone, lime and iron, like an antithesis of the dreamed city between the blue sky and the savanna.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThat is why this is the book of half-truth.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eWith him, those of us who were committed to his adventure sought to find the charm of Bogotá before its miseries and difficulties.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eWe do not deny that they exist and, what's more, they are so evident that we do not believe it is necessary to remember them. \u003cspan\u003eBut what is less obvious, what is hidden under the veil of prudence, is precisely what we highlight here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31544382128186,"sku":"9589138063","price":416000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/encanto_bogota.jpg?v=1598895206"},{"product_id":"el-mundo-del-arte-en-san-agustin","title":"The Art World in San Agustín","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eAlso available in English with the title:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/the-world-of-art-in-san-agustin\" title=\"The art world in San Agustín\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThe art world in San Agustín\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/the-world-of-art-in-san-agustin\" title=\"The art world in San Agustín\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/theworldofart_240x240.jpg?v=1598332894\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThe set of stone monoliths of San Agustín, in the department of Huila—endorsed by UNESCO as one of the wonders of the world, worth preserving and visiting—is undoubtedly the most important archaeological jewel of our country.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eVillegas Editores, who more than 10 years ago began taking photographs of all his figures, full-length and in detail, made this collection available to Efraín Sánchez, the author of the book.\u003c\/font\u003e \u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eAnd just as Agustín Codazzi began to do 150 years ago, Sánchez set himself the task of unraveling the language of art before trying to understand the thought or intention of the sculptors in each of the works.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eFrom this approach arose the interesting findings that this book reveals in its 240 pages.\u003c\/font\u003e \u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eIt is worth mentioning the phallic profiles of many statues;\u003c\/font\u003e \u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003ethe fact that almost all the figures are seated and not standing as previously thought;\u003c\/font\u003e \u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eand that rather than dealing with religious themes, wars, myths or sacrifices, what is evident are works of art produced in a cultured town where the presence of the artist is definitive.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eIn short, the result is a renewed and fascinating Augustinian world, more surprising than what had been known until now, which will be a delight for those interested in art in general and in the manifestations of the pre-Hispanic world in particular.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default 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Nature made a generous waste by providing these territories with the richest and most varied elements that, placed at the service and well-being of man, have inspired a race that participates in the attributes of the nature it inhabits, because natural resources are adds an ethnic plurality that enriches the social and political panorama of this land.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31544386781242,"sku":"9789589138667","price":193000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/homenaje_al_cauca.jpg?v=1598895218"},{"product_id":"iglesia-de-san-ignacio-i-bogota","title":"Church of San Ignacio, Bogotá","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/Titulo-San-Ignacio-I_480x480.jpg?v=1690482025\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e This book presents the Church of San Ignacio in Bogotá, Colombia. One of the treasures of the Society of Jesus in the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is part of the series, edited by the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Villegas Editores, which has captured the cultural heritage of the Society of Jesus in Bogotá.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e Contents\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e This volume illustrates its architecture, its construction process and its restorations, from a graphic and documentary point of view.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Its photographs and texts offer an informed and broad vision of the physical and historical context that surrounds this magnificent example of colonial urbanism in Bogotá.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e These are the chapters of the book:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003col\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Jesuit Apple\u003c\/strong\u003e , by Jorge Humberto Peláez Piedrahita, SJ, Rector of the Pontifical Javeriana University.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJuan Bautista Coluccini, the architect of San Ignacio\u003c\/strong\u003e , by Tulio Aristizábal, SJ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe temple of San Ignacio from 1610 to the 21st century. What was planned, what was built, what was expropriated, what was transformed and what was recovered\u003c\/strong\u003e , by Gloria Mercedes Zuloaga.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e Authors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The curatorship and the texts are by the architect, master in restoration of architectural monuments, \u003cstrong\u003eGloria Mercedes Zuloaga\u003c\/strong\u003e ; and the photographs of visual designer and photographer \u003cstrong\u003eAndrés Mauricio López\u003c\/strong\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The presentation is by \u003cstrong\u003eJorge Humberto Peláez Piedrahita, SJ\u003c\/strong\u003e , Rector of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; and \u003cstrong\u003eTulio Aristizabal, SJ\u003c\/strong\u003e , PhD in Architecture and member of the Colombian Academy of History, tells the story of Juan Bautista Coluccini, the architect of San Ignacio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e Other volumes about the Church of San Ignacio in Bogotá\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis collection is preceded by the book\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca title=\"Learn more about the book Santiago Páramo and the chapel of San José - Iglesia de San Ignacio Bogotá (2013)\" href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/santiago-paramo-y-la-capilla-de-san-jose-iglesia-de-san-ignacio-bogota\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSantiago Páramo and the chapel of San José - Iglesia de San Ignacio Bogotá (2013)\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. About the chapel of San José, heart\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe Church and the most harmonious religious artistic ensemble\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand best preserved in Colombia, and\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe author of its\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epainting and ornamentation\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewas the Jesuit Santiago Páramo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The other three volumes on the wealth of the Church of San Ignacio in Bogotá are:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003col\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSecond \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/iglesia-san-ignacio-ii\" title=\"Learn more about the book Iglesia de San Ignacio Bogotá - Volume II: Altarpieces, chapels and altars (2019)\"\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/iglesia-san-ignacio-ii\" title=\"Learn more about the book Iglesia de San Ignacio Bogotá - Volume II: Altarpieces, chapels and altars (2019)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eChurch of San Ignacio Bogotá - Volume II: Altarpieces, chapels and altars (2019)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e .\u003c\/span\u003e It presents the thirteen altars, altarpieces and chapels, distributed in that great baroque hall, perhaps the most important and best preserved in the country.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \n\u003cspan\u003eThird\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e_\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/iglesia-de-san-ignacio-iii\" title=\"Learn more about the book Iglesia de San Ignacio Bogotá - Volume III: Colonial Painting (2021)\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChurch of San Ignacio Bogotá - Volume III: Colonial painting (2021)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e Colonial easel \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epainting\u003c\/span\u003e , with works that came to New Granada, the result of the global circulation of art, or produced in Santa Fe by artists of the stature of Gregorio Vásquez or Baltasar de Figueroa and their workshops, among others.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eFourth \u003ca title=\"Learn more about the book Iglesia de San Ignacio Bogotá - Volume IV: Goldsmithing, Ornaments and Reliquaries (2022)\" href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/iglesia-de-san-ignacio-bogota-iv-orfebreria-ornamentos-y-relicarios\"\u003eChurch of San Ignacio Bogotá - Volume IV: Goldsmithing, Ornaments and Reliquaries (2022)\u003c\/a\u003e . The goldsmithing, the ecclesiastical clothing, the objects of worship, together with the greatest expressions of Colonial Art in New Granada.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The book \u003cstrong\u003eIglesia de San Ignacio Bogotá - Volume I (2018)\u003c\/strong\u003e is the first door that opens, after its restoration, to the Church of San Ignacio, and to that extent the beginning of a visual and knowledge adventure that develops in the four books in the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31544386846778,"sku":"9789588818610","price":193000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/San_ignacio_I.jpg?v=1598895220"},{"product_id":"medellin-360º-cordial-pujante-y-bella","title":"Medellin 360 friendly, thriving and beautiful","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eEnglish Title: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/medellin-360%C2%BA-warm-lively-and-beautiful?variant=31942449201210\" title=\"Medellín 360º Warm, Lively and Beautiful\"\u003eMedellín 360º Warm, Lively and Beautiful\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/medellin-360%C2%BA-warm-lively-and-beautiful?variant=31942449201210\" title=\"Medellín 360º Warm, Lively and Beautiful\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/Medellin_Warm_Lovely_480x480.jpg?v=1599684437\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" style=\"display: block; 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Herein lies the appeal, originality and permanent validity of the book. Because Harker's eye captures the wonderful thing about Colombian everyday life, its different lights, the subtlety of the details, the humor and color that do not change with the times, which are the intangible heritage of this corner of South America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e This book has been republished and expanded since 1992. But in each of its editions, Colombia Inédita reaffirms something that can only be achieved with perseverance, ingenuity and sensitivity: the author's style. Whoever opens these pages should not be surprised that—after this visit—he can already recognize a “Harker”—because the author not only shows what he sees the way he sees—but also infects us with his peculiar visual sense. One ends up watching “Harkers” which are nothing other than the essence of Colombia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eJuan Carlos Botero's text reveals his vision, as peculiar as that of the photographer, of the life and nature of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31940077617210,"sku":"9789588156552","price":286000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/COLOMBIA_ANEWVISION.jpg?v=1613576593"},{"product_id":"the-life-of-costa-rica","title":"La vida de Costa Rica","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eAlso available in Spanish with the title:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca title=\"Costa Rica Pura Vida\" href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/costa-rica-pura-vida\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eCosta Rica Pura Vida\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ca title=\"Costa Rica Pura Vida\" href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/costa-rica-pura-vida\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/costa_rica_pura_vida_1216x1216_ee6fa870-6ad9-435e-9419-ebbf2eef691b_240x240.jpg?v=1597993595\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eFew correspondences between name and reality are as exact as the one that occurs in the case of Costa Rica.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEmerging from the same seabed in recent geological times and always populated by people of noble temperament and iron will, Costa Rica is an example among nations.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThere, plurality and tolerance are daily practices that \"reflected in an admirable real coexistence of races, creeds, ideologies and professions\" have allowed it to acquire its proverbial democratic character and the social stability that characterize it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThis book is dedicated to that exceptional country, a prodigious journey, captured in the endearing images of the Costa Rican photographer Gloria Calderón, who also wrote the texts that illustrate them and the essay that opens the volume.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31911510245434,"sku":"9789588156002","price":180000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/costarica.jpg?v=1597993630"},{"product_id":"bogota-viva-ing","title":"Bogota Viva Photography (English)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso available in Spanish with the title:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/bogota-viva\" title=\"Live Bogota\"\u003eBogotá Viva\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/bogota-viva\" title=\"Live Bogota\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/bogotaviva_1216x1216_d8794479-ecf7-454b-9b69-b2ea1b065852_240x240.jpg?v=1597995091\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e For the classic sense of illustrated books about cities, this new book, Bogotá viva, is a challenge. Because although here are the usual landmarks, the monuments and the streets that will allow the reader to identify the city that is familiar to them, at the same time they will also see the emergence of a torrent of momentary astonishments that, once captured, will become unrepeatable, and a spectrum city ​​that both rises and falls, through the lens of Colombian photographer Cristóbal von Rothkirch. In Bogotá viva everything is possible. This surprising photographic essay is, after all, a deep journey into the soul of Bogotá, a capital as anachronistic as it is cosmopolitan and as surprising as it is elusive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31911567097914,"sku":"9799588156537","price":167000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/Bogota_Viva.jpg?v=1598804231"},{"product_id":"rural-colombia","title":"Colombia Rural (Segunda Edición)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAlso available in Spanish with the title:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca title=\"Peasant Colombia\" href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/colombia-campesina\"\u003eColombia Campesina\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/COLOMBIACAMPESINA_1216x1216_5083b3c1-8e04-4096-bb74-e87c689a3d12_480x480.jpg?v=1602706032\" width=\"281\" height=\"281\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eAfter having been officially launched by the Ministry of Culture during the great artisan event of the Smithonian Institution held recently in Washington, for which it commissioned its reissue, Villegas Editores puts into commercial circulation the book Colombia Campesina, which in 1990 won the UNESCO prize for most beautiful book in the world, delivered during the Leipzig Book Fair and later exhibited at the Frankfurt fair that year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e With texts by Manuel Mejía Vallejo, a great Antioquian writer who unfortunately disappeared a few years ago, and photographic material from a large group of excellent Colombian photographers, Colombia Campesina is a tribute to the rural population of our country where the farmer, the rancher, the artisan, The harvester of different products throughout the country, the fisherman, the farmer carry out incessant activity in the midst of immense uncertainties to produce the food that the nation requires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eColombia Campesina is also a recognition of the peasant in his habits and customs, in his festivals and recreational activities, in the effort of his work and in the value of his contribution to our most beloved traditions, many of them happily preserved in the identity of his terroir\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The entire rural country is recorded in the pages of this book, as a sum of small literary vignettes where the smell of the earth goes hand in hand with the Mohan or the Madremonte, where the sun of the moor is confused with the rainbow after the tempest, where coffee and corn and potatoes compete with sugar cane, tobacco and fruits for the written and graphic space of the work, and where folklore and the daily life of farms and small towns are appreciated in its beauty and the emotion of an idiosyncrasy inserted in one of the most beautiful territories in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003ePeasant Colombia is undoubtedly a book that we were missing, and that returns enriched by current images that corroborate that Colombia continues to be good, tender, positive and beautiful in the midst of the difficulties that are not lacking in national life and particularly in the peasant sector\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Editores S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41458512527418,"sku":"9789588293820","price":245000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/ruralcolombia.jpg?v=1602706404"},{"product_id":"colombia-on-the-wing","title":"Colombia on the wing","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eAlso available in Spanish with the title:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/volando-colombia-paisajes\" title=\"Flying Colombia Landscapes\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eVolando Colombia Paisajes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/volando-colombia-paisajes\" title=\"Flying Colombia Landscapes\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/Volando_Colombia_1216x1216_1201c3aa-4ef7-4fe9-88e0-5b05fc5c7633_240x240.jpg?v=1598329313\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; 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Seen from the air, it exhibits the rational and geometric layout that its architects and urban planners perhaps dreamed of. Contemplated from above \"far from everyday events\" it presents us with the angle that unifies it in its most harmonious whole and the order of a beauty never before appreciated. The tour that this second edition, updated and expanded, offers us is like a tribute of love to the city and a testimony to its surprising development. With photographs by Jeremy Horner and other lenses, and with texts by Fernando Garavito and Enrique Santos Molano, this book provides aesthetic and architectural arguments in favor of a city that can be as resplendent from its core as from its heights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31939315695674,"sku":"9789589138922","price":245000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/Bogota_From_the_Air.jpg?v=1598803127"},{"product_id":"bogota-desde-el-aire-segunda-edicion","title":"Bogotá From the Air (Second Edition)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eAlso available in English with the title:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/bogota-from-the-air\" title=\"Bogotá from the air\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eBogotá from the Air\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/bogota-from-the-air\" title=\"Bogotá from the air\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/bogota_from_the_air_1216x1216_72471772-6cc3-476c-a854-420bcbed31a4_240x240.jpg?v=1597893697\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eBogotá is revealed in this book as a new city.\u003c\/font\u003e \u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eSeen from the air, it exhibits the rational and geometric layout that its architects and urban planners perhaps dreamed of.\u003c\/font\u003e \u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eContemplated from above \"far from everyday events\" it presents us with the angle that unifies it in its most harmonious whole and the order of a beauty never before appreciated.\u003c\/font\u003e \u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThe tour that this second edition, updated and expanded, offers us is like a tribute of love to the city and a testimony to its surprising development.\u003c\/font\u003e \u003cfont style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eWith photographs by Jeremy Horner and other lenses, and with texts by Fernando Garavito and Enrique Santos Molano, this book provides aesthetic and architectural arguments in favor of a city that can be as resplendent from its core as from its heights.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40005415403578,"sku":"9789588156217","price":245000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/Bogota_Desde_El_Aire_a17d5b4d-fcba-4353-8af3-ef36265dd587.jpg?v=1598803706"},{"product_id":"gardens-of-colombia","title":"Gardens of Colombia","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eAlso available with the Spanish title: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e Jardines \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e de Colombia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/jardines-de-colombia?variant=31598178664506\" title=\"Jardines de Colombia\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/jardines_f56cdc28-a108-418e-9ead-7c4f92a145c4_160x160.jpg?v=1598828736\" alt=\"Jardines de Colombia\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eUnlike architecture, sculpture or painting, the art of gardening produces works that grow, bloom, transform and disappear. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eFor this reason, the garden is considered the greatest work of art produced by man. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eAnd as such, all cultures and civilizations have had it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThis book is dedicated to the gardens of Colombia, a country with such a variety of contrasting climates that the diversity of its flora would seem to be infinite. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThe numerous, although not exhaustive, images in this book capture the marvelous eclecticism that occurs in the configuration of Colombian gardens, whether they are those of the large exuberant park or those of the tiny niche blooming in some corner of its geography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eAnd it is that if there is any common denominator in the social mosaic of this South American country, it is the love for plants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31940434985018,"sku":"9789589393116","price":364000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/gardens-of-colombia-villegas-editores.png?v=1777914520"},{"product_id":"medellin-360º-warm-lively-and-beautiful","title":"Medellín 360, warm, vibrant, and beautiful","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle in Spanish:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/medellin-360%C2%BA-cordial-pujante-y-bella?variant=31599602794554\" title=\"Medellín 360º Cordial, Pujante y Bella\"\u003eMedellín 360º Cordial, Pujante y Bella\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/medellin-360%C2%BA-cordial-pujante-y-bella?variant=31599602794554\" title=\"Medellín, Cordial, Pujante y Bella Libros\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/medellin360_f1ab6ac7-e44c-4b24-a6ab-d567c3acc287_160x160.jpg?v=1598890414\" alt=\"Medellín cálido y encantador\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"161\" height=\"161\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eIn Medellín 360º, you discover a wonderful city, respectful of its history yet constantly evolving, innovative, technological, cultural, spiritual, fun, and educational. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eA proud and captivating city, where a rich past, an alluring present, and a promising future merge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eUsing a novel camera, unique in Colombia, which rotates on an axis to display three dimensions in two in print, photographers Cristina Abad and Cristóbal von Rothkirch managed to capture sixty-four beautiful places in Medellín, allowing the reader to easily take virtual tours from the House of Music and the Park of Desires to the Museum of Antioquia; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003epassing through the Chapel of the Major Seminary to the National Palace and the old ticket hall of the Medellín station of the Antioquia Railway, admiring the smart building of EPM, Botero Square, and the astonishing Orchidarium of the Joaquín Antonio Uribe Botanical Garden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31942449201210,"sku":"9789588306360","price":206000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/Medellin_Warm_Lovely.jpg?v=1598890396"},{"product_id":"the-charm-of-bogota","title":"The allure of Bogotá","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDecades before anyone thought of publishing it, it was done by the artisans who left no memory of their names, the iron forgers who placed their doors and windows between the street and domestic life, the gardeners who planted trees and flowerpots, the carvers who designed the fountains and stones, the jewelers who set precious stones in impossible objects, the glaziers who made the great lamps and chandeliers, the weavers who made baskets or carpets, the urban planners who laid out the first streets, nestled on the hillsides and as narrow as possible, to protect people from the cold of the páramo and the fear of ghosts. Because this is the book of public space. Here there is no place for great mansions or solemn interiors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the city of all, through which we walk, where we are surprised by twilight and dawn. And although the landscape appears somewhat groomed (after all, it is a space inhabited by man), what is found here is, above all, a representation of the beings who have made the earthly city an ideal of stone, lime, and iron, as an antithesis of the city dreamed between the blue sky and the savannah. That is why this is the book of half-truths. With it, those of us who embarked on its adventure sought to find the charm of Bogotá rather than its miseries and difficulties. We do not deny that they exist, and what's more, they are so evident that we do not believe it necessary to recall them. But what is less obvious, what is hidden under the veil of prudence, is precisely what we highlight here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31942796869690,"sku":"9589138081","price":416000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/The_Charm_of_Bogota.jpg?v=1598898367"},{"product_id":"wayuu-peuple-du-desert-colombien","title":"Wayuu, People of the Colombian Desert","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAlso available with the title in English:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eWayuú, Peuple du Desert Colombian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe Wayuu ethnic group, one of the few that successfully resisted European domination on the entire American continent, today constitutes the majority population of the Colombian desert peninsula of La Guajira. There, in the middle of the sand and the heat, their rancherías are clearly visible, the name by which the settlements are known where the Wayuu have been grouping together in small societies, in search of ways of life safer than the original nomadism, but without lose its rich cultural tradition. This book by Santiago Harker, with an introductory text by Wayuu anthropologist Weildler Guerra, represents not only a passionate vision of the present but also an amazing journey towards unexpected landscapes and encounters. The masterful photographs illustrate rituals and customs, codes and festivals, attire and crafts. The entire book constitutes a recognition and tribute to the richness and value of the Wayuu culture in the concert of the ancestral ethnic groups that inhabit the territory of Colombia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41458512199738,"sku":"9789589393598","price":364000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/Wayuu_Frances.jpg?v=1598900389"},{"product_id":"the-andean-countries-by-satellite","title":"Los Países Andinos por Satélite","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTitle also available in Spanish\u003c\/strong\u003e : \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/los-paises-andinos-desde-el-satelite?variant=31696079978554\" title=\"the Andean countries from the satellite\"\u003eThe Andean Countries From the Satellite\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/villegaseditores.com\/products\/los-paises-andinos-desde-el-satelite?variant=31696079978554\" title=\"the Andean countries from the satellite\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/files\/andunos_480x480.jpg?v=1599683464\" width=\"182\" height=\"182\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIf each of these boxes can cover 60 kilometers\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eor\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e60 meters, the lesson\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethey\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eend up teaching us is to think big. In a set where we all depend on each other, and the slightest\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003emovement\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ereverberates and ripples throughout this electronic fabric\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethat\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eflashes with its\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ealarm signals\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eerosion\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethreatens\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e- as well as identifying joy\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ein truth, and thanks to those images\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ewe all feel at once tiny but essential. This region\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ethe world is our home and we must take care of it. Seen from above,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003emen also form\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003econstellation\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e. For all of us, in all American countries\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ethe surprising and innovative images\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ein\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ethis book open up an\u003c\/span\u003e unsuspected \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003edimension\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e. 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Seen from the flight, the land becomes pleasant and hospitable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31946317627450,"sku":"9789589393024","price":245000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/The_Andean_Countries_Satellite.jpg?v=1598974214"},{"product_id":"silent-landscapes-andes-of-ecuador","title":"Silent Landscape, Ecuadorian Andes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Andes mountain range that begins to the south in Chilean-Argentine Patagonia, has enormous heights throughout its route through South America. Upon reaching Peru it becomes wider but it is in Ecuador where its snow-capped mountains and volcanoes acquire an enormous presence, not only geographical but also aesthetic. Since Humboldt's time, travelers throughout the 19th century have viewed heights like Cotopaxi with reverence. The highlands of Ecuador have a unique beauty, thanks to the unmatched multiplicity of their landscapes, the ethnic richness they possess, and the fact that many of these places are little or not at all explored and hide exotic corners: snow-capped volcanoes, some still active; green valleys and rivers with crystal clear waters; Cloud forests and paramos—climatic zones that can only be found here, in Colombia and some in Venezuela—make up these silent landscapes of Ecuador whose airs are crossed by the flight of the majestic condor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Villegas Asociados S.A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31963881406522,"sku":"9978650002","price":312000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8924\/3194\/products\/Silent_landscapes_andes_ecuador.jpg?v=1599415834"},{"product_id":"paraisos-de-colombia","title":"Paradises of Colombia","description":"\u003cp\u003e If anyone knows for sure where the paradises of Colombia are, because there are many, it is Andrés Hurtado. And this, as he says, he has learned step by step, walking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe result of this \u003ci\u003esumma cum laude\u003c\/i\u003e , it is this book that introduces the reader-viewer to a very strong duality: traveling to these incredible and moving places or, in a respectful way, allowing Chiribiquete, for example, to continue shining without the devastating and abusive presence. of the man. The author contributes with some eco-philosophical texts that are almost as impressive as the photographs, because Hurtado is what could be called a “humanist of the 21st century”, who links us with that nature, with other travelers and with his own soul of poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In this book there are 15 paradises that, as the author says, “I approach excitedly. Five regions of the country: Cordilleras, Atlantic, Pacific, Eastern Plains and Amazon Rainforest. 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