Tag: medellin-history

All the articles with the tag "medellin-history".

• El Carnero de Medellín: The City's First Chronicle

  A clerk began Medellín's first chronicle in 1797. It is now free online in 385 scans — and still unreadable. What it records, and why no one can search it.

• Piedras Blancas and Arví: The Archaeology Above Medellín

  A protected archaeological area of 3,200.9 ha sits above Medellín, in Santa Elena and Guarne. What the surveys found, and why its stone roads are disputed.

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  Comuna 13: From Conflict Zone to Open-Air Art Gallery

  Operation Orion left 600+ victims in 2002. Nine years later six escalators replaced 350 steps. The sourced story of Comuna 13, and its tourism problem.

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  From Murder Capital to Innovation Hub: The Medellín Miracle Explained

  Medellín recorded 6,809 homicides in 1991 and 20 per 100,000 by 2015. The peer-reviewed evidence behind the transformation — and what it still leaves out.