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Edificio Santander, Cúcuta

Edificio Santander, Cúcuta, Administrative building in Cúcuta, Colombia.

Edificio Santander is an administrative building in Cúcuta featuring modern architecture with semi-industrial construction methods and international building materials. The structure serves as the regional headquarters for both the National Tax and Customs Directorate and the National Civil Registry of Colombia.

In 1939 Cúcuta's municipality donated the land of the Plazuela del Libertador to the nation to mark the centenary of the death of Francisco de Paula Santander. The building was designed by architect Alberto Wills Ferro and erected by Trujillo Gómez & Martínez Cárdenas Ltda., and it opened in 1940 together with the adjoining remodelled park, renamed Parque Nacional.

The building is named after Francisco de Paula Santander, the independence-era leader born in Cúcuta; its inauguration in 1940 marked the centenary of his death. The adjacent square, formerly Plazuela del Libertador, was rebuilt and renamed Parque Nacional for the same commemoration. Today the building houses the Academia de Historia de Norte de Santander.

The location is accessible in a central area of Cúcuta where most visitors can easily find it on foot or by local transport. Since it operates as a government administrative center, access to interior spaces may be limited to official business during regular business hours.

The plot was not a park but the Plazuela del Libertador, donated by Cúcuta's municipality to the nation in 1939; the adjacent park was rebuilt and renamed Parque Nacional for the centenary of Francisco de Paula Santander's death. The building itself is also called Palacio Nacional.

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1939
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Alberto Wills Ferro
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1940
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7.88894,-72.50259
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