Hacienda Nápoles
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Hacienda Nápoles (
History
The estate included a Spanish colonial house, a sculpture park, and a complete
After Escobar was shot and killed by Colombian police in 1993, his family entered a legal struggle with the Colombian government over the property. The government prevailed, and the neglected property is now managed by the Municipality of Puerto Triunfo. The cost of maintenance for the zoo and the animals was too expensive for the government, so it was decided that most of the animals would be donated to various South American zoos.[2]
Other original features include dinosaur statues[1] as well as decommissioned military vehicles and a giant hand sculpture.[1]
By November 2006, ownership of the property had passed to the Colombian government and was valued at 5 billion
In 2014, a "Jurassic Park"-style African theme park was operating on the grounds, which have been rented by a private company. "Parque Temático Hacienda Nápoles" comes complete with a water park, a guided safari attraction, aquariums, and a replica of the caves in Colombia's Cueva de los Guácharos National Park.[6] In December 2018, a day ticket to the park cost 42,000 pesos (around $15).[5] The Escobar museum, his burned private car collection, and the abandoned "ruins" of his house are still publicly accessible, but are reported to have collapsed in February 2015.[7]
Escobar kept four hippos in a private menagerie at Hacienda Nápoles. They were deemed too difficult to seize and move after Escobar's death, and hence left on the untended estate. By 2007, the animals had multiplied to 16 and had taken to roaming the area for food in the nearby
References
- ^ a b c Arbuckle, Alex Q. (August 29, 1989). "Hacienda Nápoles: What do you buy the drug lord who has everything? A zoo". Mashable.
- ^ "Hacienda Napoles: At home with Pablo Escobar, the drug baron who lived in a zoo". The Independent. 26 December 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "LA HACIENDA NAPOLES AHORA ES PROPIEDAD DEL ESTADO COLOMBIANO". Presidencia.gov.co (in Spanish). September 2009. Archived from the original on August 20, 2004.
- ^ a b Kremer, William (June 26, 2014). "Pablo Escobar's hippos: A growing problem". BBC News Magazine. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
- ^ a b Marta Hermaniuk. "Parque Tematico Hacienda Napoles". Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ "Diversion acuatica". Parque Tematico Hacienda Napoles. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ "La mansión de Pablo Escobar en la Hacienda Nápoles se desplomó". 4 February 2015.
- ^ Kraul, Chris (20 December 2006). "A hippo critical situation". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 24 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
- National Geographic Channel. Archived from the originalon 26 June 2013.
- ^ Nagvekar, Rahul. "Zoo Gone Wild: After Escobar, Colombia Faces His Hippos". The Politic. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ Wilcox, Christie (26 September 2018). "Could Pablo Escobar's Escaped Hippos Help the Environment?". National Geographic. Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Proponen sacrificar alrededor de cien hipopótamos de Pablo Escobar". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Invasion of the hippos". Washington Post. January 11, 2021.
- ^ Infobae, Newsroom (26 March 2022). "These are the species that have been declared as invasive in Colombia". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Pablo Escobar's feral hippos face cull in Colombia". BBC News. 2023-11-03. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
External links
- Official website
- Doradal prison - YouTube (Spanish)
- OpenStreetMap - Hacienda Nápoles