Cerros Orientales de Bogotá
Forested mountain ridge and protected reserve overlooking the city, laced with hiking trails and hidden illegal mansions.
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This guide to the Cerros Orientales in Bogotá follows a wealthy resident, Carlos Augusto Quintero, who built himself a mansion somewhere on this protected forested ridge above El Bagazal, inside a reserve that had barred development since 1976. You'll hear how he cut trees, diverted a creek and leveled ground to pour his foundations, and how the case that followed dragged through the courts for sixteen years. Look up at the tree line above you as the guide traces what it took for the mountain's paperwork to catch up with him.
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