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History of Medellín - Coggle Diagram

- - - - helped modernize and grow the city
      - He built the city's first skyscrapers and modern buildings.
      - He worked on the Pan-American Highway project connecting Medellín with other regions and promoting development.
      - His influence is still evident in Medellín’s commitment to cultural and architectural innovation.
    - - Captured Medellín’s urban and rural life, providing insight into social and cultural dynamics.
      - Created a visual idea that reflected Medellín's growth and transformation
      - He influenced future generations by establishing photography as a medium to show the evolution of society and historical changes.
      - His photographs remain a cultural heritage, demonstrating the importance of visual documentation.
    - - Funded various infrastructure projects, including road and bridge construction
      - His investments contributed to the local economy, also transformed Medellín’s commercial landscape.
      - His influence persisted as a model for business and philanthropy in the region
      - He had a significant influence in agriculture, focusing on coffee, attracting merchants and economic growth.
    - - Documented Antioquia’s history, tracing the influence of Indigenous, Spanish, and African cultures on the region
      - He provided one of the earliest detailed accounts of Antioquia’s topography, climate, flora, and fauna.
      - His works became essential reading for generations, educating both locals and outsiders about Antioquia’s complexity and richness.
      - Su experiencia le permitió captar la realidad antioqueña desde diferentes perspectivas, creando un registro amplio y exhaustivo de la región.
    - - Established one of Colombia's largest textile companies
      - Built schools, hospitals, and housing to improve the lives of workers
      - Initiated programs focused on education and social services and raised standard of living for Medellín's working class.
      - He helped transform Medellín into a textile industry city, boosting the local economy
    - - Co-founded Banco de Antioquia, one of the first banks in the region
      - He was a pioneer in several industries, including mining, coffee exports, and banking.
      - Introduced modern machinery and methods, which transformed Medellín from a small town into a industrial city.
      - His investments laid the groundwork for many of the city’s primary economic activities.
- - - - 1931: The creation of the Medellín Metro, which would later become a significant part of the city's public transport system.
      - 1950s
        
        1954: The construction of the first high-rise buildings, marking the beginning of urban modernization.
        
        1960s
        
        1966: The opening of the José María Córdova International Airport, enhancing connectivity.
        
        1980s
        
        1980s: The rise of drug cartels, particularly the Medellín Cartel, leading to significant social and political turmoil.
        
        1990s
        
        1991: The establishment of the Medellín Metro, which became a symbol of urban renewal and innovation.
        
        2010s
        
        2013: Medellín is named the "Most Innovative City in the World" by the Wall Street Journal and City of the Year by the Urban Land Institute.
  - - - TRANSPORT
        
        ARRIEROS:
        
        The routes were the greatest sin of trade, they were precarious according to Juan Antonio Mon y Velarde.
        
        He set out to improve them and succeeded.
        
        This is how the muleteering (arrieria)appeared.
        
        Muleteering was an incredibly popular profession in Antioquia that would amass a great fortune. With this, more machinery would be acquired, much of it electrical for, for example, the textile industry.
        
        RAILWAY
        
        Engineer Javier Cisneros found in the railroad the opportunity to boost trade in Antioquian products par excellence (coffee, gold, coal, etc.).
        
        The railway system was vital, not only for the development of different industries but also for the connection between rural people and the city and its nascent trade and business schools.
      - ACCUMULATED CAPITAL
        
        MINERS
        
        The Antioquian merchant is linked to the clergy. Many of the richest were priests, especially miners.
        
        Of the 10 richest miners in America, 5 were priests. 4 of these 5 were from Antioquia.
        
        The fortunes amassed by these priests served as capital for the acquisition of English machinery and therefore the industrialization of the Aburra valley. Their fortunes would also be invested in coffee plantations and consumer goods for other ventures.
        
        MAZZMORREROS
        
        The entrepreneurial spirit was enormous. An example of this are the mazamorreros, independent miners who practiced their profession with their own equipment despite not having the capital for larger equipment. The number of mines in Antioquia, including the mazamorreros, was so large that it was unknown.
        
        COFFEE GROWERS
        
        Coffee did not come from the pre-colonial era, it had to become popular after the colonial era in Antioquia.
        
        Coffee once accounted for more than half of the country's exports. In the 1890s, it accounted for 70% of exports, for example.
      - EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY AND MASTERS
        
        Something that drove the early development of industry in the department was not sparing any expense for cutting-edge European technologies, as the English industrial revolution became bigger and more palpable.
        
        Likewise, the collaboration of German and English engineers, who made the correct use of Antioquian resources with Paisa capital. Example: the Zancudo mine, with the mill with rammers and the amalgamation techniques of the Englishman James Tyler-Moore.
        
        With this English man, there appears an inclination towards education at an industrial level. Schools for different trades appear in the Aburra Valley and later a mining school that would end up offering the first business and administration program.
      - SCHOOLS
        
        Schools for different trades appeared in the Aburra Valley and later a mining school that would end up offering the first business and administration program.
        
        Students from this school would take advantage of the liberal reform to enter the banking world.
      - INDIGENOUS
        
        Antioquia was ahead of the American continent in the development of an industry
        
        Many believe that the commercial impetus of Antioquia, which led to an interest in developing an industry much earlier than other parts of the continent, has to do with an indigenous trade culture that the Spanish indirectly contracted instead of erasing.
- - - - RIVER MEDELLIN
        
        SURROUNDED BY AREAS/ CENTRAL SPOTS LIKE:
        
        OTRABANDA
        
        SAN BENITO
        
        CHURCH OF SAN LORENZO
        
        WATER STREAM OF ANA
        
        CHURCH OF VERACRUZ
        
        SERVING AS:
        
        COMMUNICATION:
        for example between the old town and Otrabanda
        
        WATER SUPPLY:
        along the entire river, but for example in the water stream of Ana