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History & HeritageSpare Parts Stores: The Hidden Treasure of the Neighborhood
If you've ever needed a carburetor for a Renault 4, a taillight for an 80s Mazda 626, or a door handle that no one makes anymore, you know that going to an offi
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History & HeritageThe Graffiti That Heals: Art in Conquistadores
In Medellín, a neighborhood's story is sometimes written with bricks, sometimes with cement, and other times —like in Conquistadores— with spray paint. But not
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History & HeritageConquistadores: The 1970s Bread Route
In the barrio Conquistadores, north of Medellín, the smell of freshly baked bread is not a childhood memory: it is a reality that wakes the neighbors up from 3
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History & HeritageDirt Football Fields: The Pulse of the Neighborhood
If you have ever walked through the Conquistadores neighborhood, in comuna 7 of Medellín, on a Sunday at 9 in the morning, you know the air has a different smel
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History & HeritageWelding Workshops: The Craft That Defines Conquistadores
If you walk along Carrera 70 between Calles 57B and 58, the noise is not from engines or music: it is the dry thud of the hammer against steel, the hum of a gri
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