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Sombre crétin.
The French didn't even mind to export their architecture to their own South American territory (French Guyana).
They just let a local "Creole Style" spontaneously appear and develop.
It's neither ugly nor beautiful, but it's local:
Slavishly copying British style because it's supposed to look upper-class, and thereby rejecting any Hispanic heritage as low-class, is part of what makes your country a third-class one.
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Rubbish architecture, reminds me of France.
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You said it very well. We have always wanted to be the poorly made copy of the foreigner instead of valuing and sustaining ourselves in what is ours.
The Latin American independent governments implemented French architecture as a synonym for development and to distance themselves from Spain.
In Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Chile there are many buildings of republican French architecture.
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In any case, I'm not criticizing the thread. If there is British architecture, what is wrong with showing it?
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Just because they have some British style places doesn't mean that the entire country is like that. And why does Colombia have to be exclusively Spanish to begin with? Where do you see Spanish heritage rejected as low class? Do you think that all rich Colombians live in the houses that the OP posted? And how do you know that Colombia has no creole style houses?
You just saw a few images of British-style houses, and seemingly came to the conclusion that this is what you see everywhere in rich neighborhoods in Colombia while the poor neighborhoods have Spanish-style houses.
I really don't get what the issue is with this thread. Colombia for the most part has Spanish-style houses but it has a few non-Spanish ones that are not well known so he wanted to show a part of his country that isn't seen much. Apparently, doing so was a "grave insult to the Spanish heritage of Colombia", because it's still a Spanish province or something.
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OK, frenchy. You need to get some facts straight.
- New World countries received tons of influence from Europe whether it may be architecture, demographics, language, etc.
The architecture of Natives and their culture is long gone. Much of the culture and architecture took a 180ş turn and became more in-touch with European movements. This is especially true for people who maintained close ties with Europe or Britain in this case. Tudor architecture made its way to Colombia with the elite's admiration for Britain and some historic past events where Britain helped the country in its quest towards independence. British architecture suddenly became the most sought after type of architecture and companies started to build large-scale projects which covered up entire neighbourhoods. Also, some houses show some vernacular elements.
- This is not a new movement. Most of the houses were built in the early 20th century. The city's upper class has since moved to new neighbourhoods. Unfortunately, some of the houses have been demolished, a good number of them stand still and serve as office for Government departments or shops. Some of them still are residential homes, too.
As it gathered such a huge interest, a style initially intended for the wealthy, surpassed all social boundaries and resulted in the construction of British-style houses more affordable for more people. This is depicted in some previous pages.
Recently many of the houses and neighbourhoods were listed as national heritage sites worth taking care of, so hopefully that will prevent any further demolishing. Sorry to break it to you, frenchy.
- We did receive a few British and there's even a British cemetery where many of their descendants rest in peace.
- There's a plaque at the Boyaca Bridge memorial site paying homage to the Brits who fought alongside Colombians against Spanish rule. This was the battleground where Colombia gained independence.
- There is a bronze statue of Colonel Rooke in the town of Paipa where the main square is named after him. A unit of the Colombian Army is also named after him.
- Bogota's Colombo-Britanico school features a house system and each one of the houses are named after British Legion colonels: https://www.colombobritanico.edu.co/...uses/350-casas
- We are not part of Spain anymore. Spain made its contribution to the country but at the same time we have received influence from other countries and we have assimilated these traits into our culture.
- Bogota's countryside is very akin to that of the British Isles. Really suitable weather for this type of architecture.
Cerro el Majuy by Javier L, on Flickr
Cerro el Majuy by Javier L, on Flickr
- British culture is not deemed superior or inferior per se, but it is very much loved/cherished/respected and we've always sided with the Brits. Colombia was one of the few countries that sided with Britain during the Falklands War. I'm mad about British music, architecture, culture. Does that mean I'm deemed inferior to the Brits? NO.
- Fellow forumer Tooting Carmen is half Colombian, half British. Shout out to Tooting Carmen.
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