Monumento a la Raza, located in La Alpujarra, the public square of Medellin, Colombia.

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Monumento a la Raza

Medellín


Rodrigo Arenas Betancur, Colombia's favorite designer of monuments, has a number of pieces around Medellín, but the most impressive work is this one in front of the municipal building that tells the story of Antioquia in dramatically twisting metal.


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