Posada Alemana

Posada Alemana (Spanish for "German Inn") was a hotel complex built by Colombian former drug lord Carlos Lehder, located between the towns of Armenia and Pereira.[1][2][3]

History

The Inn was built built on an old Cyclo-cross track and opened in 1982.[4]

The Inn had several Swiss-style cabins, a wine bar and cages with Andean condors, tigers and llamas. It had a life-size statue of John Lennon, commissioned by Lehder from the Colombian sculptor Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt. The statue depicted Lennon naked in a German worker's helmet and featured two holes representing shots fired by Mark David Chapman during Lennon's murder.[5][6]

The inn was partially abandoned when Lehder went into hiding. In 1985, a fire destroyed the restaurant and part of the bar.[7]

Following Lehder's capture and extradition in 1987, the inn was the target of looting. After having been abandoned for several years the inn was expropriated by the Colombian government in 1998.[1] The Lennon statue was stolen in late 2003.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] In 2020, the government of the department of Quindío announced the creation of an ecological theme park on the site.[15][16][17]

References

  1. ^ a b "La Posada Alemana ya pertenece al gobierno del Quindío" [The German Inn now belongs to the Quindío government]. El Quindiano (in Spanish). El Quindiano SAS. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  2. ^ Rios Monroy, Julian Camilo (12 March 2020). "Posada Alemana y otros bienes se convertirán en proyectos turísticos" [Posada Alemana and other properties will become tourist projects]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Casa Editorial El Tiempo SA (CEET). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  3. ^ Sastre García, Germán (12 March 2020). "Posada alemana se convirtió en completo turístico en Quindío" [Posada Alemana: from a drug trafficking icon to a tourist complex in Quindío]. RCN Radio (rcnradio.com) (in Spanish). Radio Cadenal Nacional SAS. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  4. ^ Reyes, Gerardo (2020). "Carlos Lehder: Bonanza y ruina del capo que hizo a Escobar – Guillermo Lehder: El padre de Lehder" [Carlos Lehder: Bonanza and ruin of the boss who made Escobar – Guillermo Lehder: Lehder's father]. Univision (www.univision.com) (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  5. ^ Buitrago, Alfonso; Martin, Gerard (15 January 2021). "Una mancha en la familia" [A stain on the family]. Universo Centro (universocentro.com) (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  6. ^ "EL LIBRO DE LEHDER/ La estatua homenaje a Lennon, que adornó la Posada Alemana" [THE BOOK OF LEHDER/ The statue in homage to Lennon, which adorned the Posada Alemana]. El Quindiano (in Spanish). 22 January 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  7. ^ Santanilla, Eliécer (27 June 2020). "La Posada Alemana, Cuento Criollo de un Capo" [The German Inn, A Creole Tale of a Capo]. La Cola de Rata (www.lacoladerata.co) (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Desaparece estatua de John Lennon que estaba en hotel confiscado" [John Lennon statue disappears from confiscated hotel]. Caracol Radio (in Spanish). Bogota. 12 December 2003. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  9. ^ The Two Shores (14 September 2019). "¿Qué pasó con el John Lennon de Carlos Lehder?" [What happened to Carlos Lehder's John Lennon?]. Las 2 Orillas (www.las2orillas.co) (in Spanish). Las Dos Orillas Foundation. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  10. ^ Lifton, Dave (17 October 2012). "Colombian Drug Lord Had Awful John Lennon Statue". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  11. ^ "El Destape de Lehde" [The Uncovering of Lehder]. Semana (www.semana.com) (in Spanish). Publicaciones Semana SA. 1 August 1983. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  12. ^ Álvarez De las salas, Duván Alfonso (13 March 2020). "Antes y después de la Posada Alemana, la mansión en ruinas de Lehder" [Photos: Before and after the German Inn, Lehder's ruined mansion]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  13. ^ Figueroa Arias, David Alejandro (30 October 2018). "Especial: Recordando La Posada Alemana, parte I" [Special: Remembering the German Inn, part I]. Cronica del Quindio (in European Spanish). The Chronicle. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  14. ^ Armenian Snail (13 March 2020). "Casa de ex narcotraficante Carlos Lehder se convertirá en parque en Quindío" [Former drug trafficker Carlos Lehder's house will become a park in Quindío]. Caracol Radio (in Spanish). Armenia. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  15. ^ "La Posada Alemana de Carlos Lehder será ahora un ecoparque del Quindío" [The German Inn by Carlos Lehder will now be an ecopark in Quindío]. Noticias Caracol [Caracol News] (in Spanish). 17 June 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  16. ^ "La Posada Alemana como ejemplo de reconciliación, en el programa En Vivo con el Gobernador este jueves" [The Posada Alemana as an example of reconciliation, in the program Live with the Governor this Thursday]. www.quindio.gov.co (in European Spanish). Gobierno del Quindío. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  17. ^ "Fincas del narcotraficante Carlos Lehder se convertirán en un parque ecológico" [Drug trafficker Carlos Lehder's estates will be converted into an ecological park]. Semana (Semana.com) (in Spanish). Publicaciones Semana SA. 12 March 2020. ISSN 2745-2794. Retrieved 20 December 2024.

 

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