La Estación, National monument in Comuna 2, Cali, Colombia.
La Estación is a national monument in Comuna 2 of Cali, built as a railway station and inaugurated on 14 December 1953. It occupies a 16,000 m² lot and holds two murals by Hernando Tejada, each measuring 10 by 20 metres: Historia de Cali on one wall and Historia del transporte on the opposite wall.
La Estación was inaugurated on 14 December 1953 and reopened in 1954 by President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. It became one of Cali's most representative works and was declared a national monument in 1994. Its two Hernando Tejada murals, Historia de Cali (1952–1954) and Historia del transporte (1954–1956), each measure 10 by 20 metres.
The two murals by Hernando Tejada give the building its name in local memory: Historia de Cali, painted 1952–1954, traces the Valle del Cauca from its 16th-century founding to the 20th century with conquistadors, indigenous people and period figures; Historia del transporte, begun 1954 and finished 1956, faces it. Each measures 10 by 20 metres, among the largest murals in Colombia after the one at Buenaventura's town hall.
The building stands in Comuna 2, at coordinates 3.46694, -76.52417, on a 16,000 m² lot. The two Tejada murals face each other on opposite walls, so walk the full length of the hall to see both. Allow time to read the historical scenes in the first mural.
The two murals by Hernando Tejada, Historia de Cali and Historia del transporte, each measure 10 by 20 metres and took about four years to complete. After the mural at the Buenaventura town hall, they are the largest murals in Colombia.
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