Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina is located in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, a city where there is always something to discover. Parks for nature lovers, commercial areas for those who prefer purchases, restaurants for all types of palates; museums and sculptures with a lot of history.
Notwithstanding the cultural offer in Bogotá, the Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina stands as an urban shelter located in a building Designed by the architect Santiago Medina, built in the 1940s. Thus, this place becomes the home of those travelers with good taste that they are looking for emblematic and unforgettable places. In fact, It has already been declared an architectural heritage of the city Thanks to which it retains both its colonial style, as well as the original carpentry.
Four Seasons Casa Medina, from home to a very special boutique hotel with 95% of the original wood recovered.Courtesy Four Seasons Casa Medina
A hotel with a lot of history
The Four Seasons Casa Medina Bogotá hotel has a story that is part of an emblematic past. Its origin is in 1946 When Santiago Medina Mejía, a prestigious architect born in Colombia, set out to build a house with luxury apartments to rent. Inspired by his art studies in France, Mejía designed a house that combined architectural trends in Spain and France. Good example of this are the solid roofs with beams, the stone blocks and the rescued columns of the Spanish convent of Santo Domingo and the striking snail staircase ascending from the entrance.
To this, Mejía incorporated what we can consider as personal whims, for example, his fondness for birds. As? Hiring a craftsman to design Interiors with avian details and geometric shapes that remind the heraldic shields carved in wood and iron. Each floor was different, to the number of rooms, and built two stores for restaurants.
For more than 30 years the property served guests and visitors well, but in 1980 the house was designated for its demolition. However, the uniqueness of its architecture saved it: in 1984, The administration of Colombian president Belisario Betancur Cuartas declared it historical heritage. The building was safe. With its status, the style of the house could not be changed, but it could be transformed, and in a matter of months the works of what would be its new future: a hotel.