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León de Greiff Library

León de Greiff Library
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Type Public Library
Established February 2007
Location Medellin, Colombia

León de Greiff Library, also known as La Ladera Parque Biblioteca (English: Hillside Library Park), is an architecturally renowned library park in Medellín, Colombia. It is named after the poet Leon de Greiff and designed by architect Giancarlo Mazzanti.

León de Greiff Library stands on the site where a late 19th century monastery was transformed into La Ladera prison, which at one point housed over one thousand prisoners.



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