INTRODUCCIÓN

Medellin is the capital of the Antioquia department, in Colombia, and is the second most populated city in the country.   Medellin is located in the nature region known as Aburrá valley, in the central cordillera of the Andes, establishing as the most urban center in such branch of  the mountain Andean group.

It extends both sides from Medellín River, which trough the city, south from north, and is the principal nuclei of the metropolitan area of the Aburrá Valley. Medellin was founded by the name of Our Lady Candlemas of Medellín in November 2 of 1675. Medellin was elected as the most innovative city of the world, in the context of the city of the year, which is organized by “The Wall Street Journal” and “Citigroup”. The Antioquia capital competed with New and Tel Aviv, the decision depended for a virtual vote. Medellin received a new event in the concourse “The Business Destinations “  organized by the Business Destination Magazine, 550 companies and business men, elected it like the best destine from suramerica to do business. Medellin is the most competitive city of Colombia, in the economic context, Antioquia capital displaced Bogotá.  We should note that Medellín, in this was the headquarters of the world urban forum, where a lot of countries came to show how to get better the habitat. Medellin is divided by 16 comunas, the comunas  are divide between neighbors and institutional areas.

The city has 249 neighbors and 20 official institutional areas. The main destinations include the Museum of Antioquia, Plaza Botero, the Pueblito Paisa, the International Convention and Exhibition Center Plaza Mayor, Carabobo Pedestrian Passage, Parque de los Pies Descalzos, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Basilica of Our Lady Candlemas, the Teatro Pablo Tobon Uribe, the Metropolitan Theater, the Explore Park and the Botanical Garden. Respect to natural sites, the most popular are the fly hill and Nutibara hill

A new natural area opened a few years ago is the Arví Regional Park, which has an area close to 20,000 hectares, comprising practically all the territory from village of Santa Elena, and extends between the towns of Bello, Copacabana, and Envigado. Meanwhile, in December, the city is covered with thousands of colored lights, creating the famous Christmas lights, considered by National Geographic as one of the world's ten most beautiful, and can be appreciated mainly in “la playa Avenue and  Medellín river.