culture
diciembre 18, 2025
No deje de ir a verlos: cinco pesebres para visitar esta Navidad en Medellín
El pesebre, más que uno de los protagonistas de la decoración navideña, es una tradición decembrina que ha atravesado generaciones. Recrear el momento...
TL;DR
- Nativity scenes are a generational Christmas tradition, inspired by Saint Francis of Assis.
- Medellín hosts five notable nativity scenes this holiday season.
- Museo El Castillo features 150 pesebres, with the largest measuring six meters and the smallest six centimeters.
- La Central shopping center presents a neighborhood nativity scene exhibition with works from various Medellín barrios.
- The Parroquia de San Marcos in Envigado has a prominent nativity scene, while the Parroquia Sagrado Corazón boasts a monumental one.
- The Catedral Metropolitana's pesebre pays tribute to Medellín's 350th anniversary with around 110 figures.
- El Tesoro shopping mall displays a monumental pesebre with over 300 figures, recreating biblical moments beyond the Nativity.