Quinta de Bolívar’s lookout

Although it is not evident at first sight, this place is familiar to travelers and visitors of Monserrate and Guadalupe Hills. 

It is the northern side of Quinta de Bolívar. Nowadays it is the intersection of Circunvalar Avenue and 22th Street, an area known as the Paseo Bolívar (Bolivar Promenade) many decades ago. 

Today, it is one of the most important roads of eastern Bogotá. 

The lookout is on the other side of the wall. 

Bolívar requested its construction in the decade of the 1820s, when he was the owner and resident. 

There is an open bathroom on the first floor, it allowed him, and other residents take baths without traveling to the San Francisco-Vicachá river. 

On the second floor, you could contemplate the sight of the gardens and the Eastern Hills foothill. 

The walls and roof showed in the painting were constructed in the late Nineteenth Century, many decades after Bolívar's death. 

They were demolished in the Quinta restauration of the 90s. Since then, the building has mantained its original architecture. 

This watercolor shows us the transformations of Bogota’s historic center.  

How has your city changed over the years?