Vista Hacia La Torre Bacatá through time

Bogotá 1934–2018 9 photos of this spot

9 photographs taken at the same spot in Bogotá, spanning 1934–2018 — 7 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Captioned "Flyttningsbestyr" ("moving arrangements") in the original Swedish, this photograph documents preparations for a move in Bogotá in August 1934. Bogotá, Colombia's capital, lies on a high plateau in the Andes mountains.

EU: Flyttningsbestyr. Bogotá, augusti 1934 (1934) 1934 Captioned "Flyttningsbestyr" ("moving arrangements") in the original Swedish, this photograph documents preparations for a move in Bogotá in August 1934. Bogotá, Colombia's capital, lies on a high plateau in the Andes mountains.

EU: "Mitt hus i Bogotá, november 1934" (1934) 1934 Titled "Mitt hus i Bogotá" ("My house in Bogotá") in the original Swedish caption, this November 1934 photograph shows a residence in the Colombian capital during the photographer's stay in the city.

EU: Street image from Bogotá. July 1935 (1935) 1935 This street scene was photographed in Bogotá, Colombia's capital, in July 1935, a period when the Andean city was steadily expanding beyond its colonial-era center.

EU: Tegeltransport med fyrbenta åsnor. Bogotá i juli 1935 (1935) 1935 This July 1935 photograph shows donkeys carrying loads of roof tiles through the streets of Bogota, the Colombian capital, illustrating everyday transport methods of the period.

EU: Plank-bearers, often seen in Bogotá streets. At all, human power was used a lot for transport. Bogotá in July 1935 (1935) 1935 Men carrying planks on their backs, a common sight in Bogota's streets at the time, are pictured in this July 1935 photograph documenting the city's reliance on human-powered transport.

EU: Bogotá, fotografi, photograph (1947) 1947 This 1947 photograph documents an urban scene in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, situated on a high plateau in the eastern Andes at an elevation of over 2,600 meters. By the mid-twentieth century the city was expanding rapidly as Colombia's political and commercial center.

EU: Bogotá, fotografi, photograph (1955) 1955 This 1955 photograph was taken in Bogotá, Colombia's capital, a high-altitude Andean city founded by Spanish colonizers in 1538 and, by the mid-twentieth century, home to a rapidly growing population.

Bogotá city and street lights (Unsplash) 2017 Bogotá, Colombia, photographed at night in 2017. The capital sits on a high plateau in the Andes at an elevation of over 2,600 meters, making it one of the highest major cities in South America.

Vista Hacia La Torre Bacatá 2018 A view toward the Torre Bacatá in Bogotá, Colombia, photographed in 2018. Also known as the Colpatria Tower, it was for a time the tallest building in the country after its completion in 1979.